verandah

noun

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative, archaic)Alternative spelling of veranda.

   “[…]and yet, though desirous to be gone, she could not quit the Mansion House, or look an adieu to the Cottage, with its black, dripping, and comfortless verandah, or even notice through the misty glasses the last humble tenements of the village, without a saddened heart.”

   “Therefore the safe return of the Roper party was the usual topic of our nightly conclaves in the verandah.”

   “It is almost impossible to say what the heat is in the sun, but in the shade of the verandah it rarely registers more than 80° to 85° , and inside the house it is usually in the daytime 70° to 72°, and at night in the house about an average of 68°.”

   “There was no moon, only stars set brilliantly in the soft black onyx of the sky : a black night and very silent on Cimiez ; and a black and silent prospect from the verandah […]”

   “We didn't eat in the dining room no more. There was a side porch, a sort of verandah thing with glass windows, with a door to the dining room and a door to the kitchen, and we all ate there after that.”