U.S. and Canada. Also 9 stoup. [a. Du. stoep: see STOEP.] ‘An uncovered platform before the entrance of a house, raised, and approached by means of steps. Sometimes incorrectly used for porch or veranda.’ (Cent. Dict.)
1789. Massachusetts Spy, 20 Aug., 3/2. Several persons were in a stoop and at windows within fifteen or twenty feet from the tree.
1833. [Mrs. Traill], Backwoods of Canada, ix. (1836), 142. The Canadians call these verandahs ‘stoups.’
1837. Hawthorne, Amer. Note-bks., 13 July (1883), 58. Councillors seated about, sitting on benches near the bar, or on the stoop along the front of the house.
1856. Miss Warner, Hills Shatemuc, ii. He was cleaning the harness of the wagon, and he took it out into the broad stoop outside of the kitchen door.
1883. Stevenson, Across the Plains (1896), 16. The clear, bright, gardened townships spoke of country fare and pleasant summer evenings on the stoop.
