A roofed structure with open sides, designed to provide shelter for a parked car but without fully enclosed walls like a garage has.
From 'car' + 'port' (from Latin 'porticus,' a covered structure). This American English term became common in the 1920s-1930s as automobiles proliferated and architects needed economical shelter solutions.
The carport is pure American efficiency—it solved the 'how do we protect cars from weather without building expensive garages' problem, and you can spot carport designs in almost every suburban neighborhood worldwide now.
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