a back porch, usually unroofed.
See also: stoop
- 1891  Mr Adolphus Hitone, of Jarvis Street, sits around on his back stoop in his shirtsleeves on these fine evenings.
- 1966  It's one thing to have [them] looking at you and remarking that the grass is getting a little long, and another to have your reveries on the back stoop rudely interrupted by the sound of a police siren.