sleeping porch

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of sleeping porch

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

With faux Tudor or Federal features, the three-level homes were 18 to 20 feet wide with three bedrooms, one bathroom and a summer sleeping porch.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021

“A sleeping porch oriented to take in prevailing breezes, the path of the sun and the sounds of nature has great power to restore and reinvigorate.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

It was originally a two-bedroom house; today a downstairs den and the enclosed upper-level sleeping porch account for the total of four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019

There was a sleeping porch where the entire Henington family slept together, allowing them to heat only one room on winter nights.

From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2018

The days were long, Jem was eleven, and the pattern was set: They were on the sleeping porch, the coolest part of the house.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee