DCHP-1 Online
front stoop 
n. a veranda, usually roofed and often equipped with chairs, a couch, etc.
See also: stoop (def. 1)
- 1887 Trees should be . . . prohibited within 500 yards of the front stoop, and a potatoe patch should occupy the place of the lawn.
- 1897 A front stoop looking east fronted the house.
- 1887 Trees should be . . . prohibited within 500 yards of the front stoop, and a potatoe patch should occupy the place of the lawn.