A house verandah.
1787. It is a large, well-built house, with a piazza extending the whole length of the front, well finished and elegantly furnished.—M. Cutler, ‘Life, &c.’ (1888), i. 225. (N.E.D.)
1804. The back piazza of Mr. Taylor was destroyed.—Mass. Spy, June 20.
1804. He crept out at a window upon a piazza.—Id., July 11.
1823. He refused to sell, or to give any refreshments for the use of the party, and even granted them some water with apparent reluctance, marching haughtily about his piazza, while some person was annoying his family by playing wretchedly on a flute.—E. James, ‘Rocky Mountain Expedition,’ i. 74 (Phila.).
