sleeping porch

a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.

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Question 1 of 7

What does “vacillate” mean?

First recorded in 1880–85

A flat-roofed dormer was thrown out above this on the second floor and turned into a sleeping-porch.
Remodeled Farmhouses|Mary H. Northend
The day was very hot, and the sun swung round so it glared on Nyek-nyek's sleeping-porch.
Bannertail|Ernest Thompson Seton
Most important of all was the preparation of his bed and the sleeping-porch.
Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis
An open, tiled platform was built outside the enclosed loggia, and a sleeping-porch was added to the east sitting-room.
Remodeled Farmhouses|Mary H. Northend

Five minutes later a soft-slippered Chinese emerged on the sleeping-porch.
The Little Lady of the Big House|Jack London