http://wordie.org/words/stoop Comments for the word 'Stoop' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/stoop#comments Against this wall, there was a trellis of <a href="/words/moonflower">moonflower</a>s, which popped open like small white parachutes at twilight in the summertime, and between the trellis and the stoop you could pull up water from a cistern in the veritable oaken bucket of the song. <br />&mdash;James Thurber, 1952, 'Daguerreotype of a Lady', in The Thurber Album <br /> <br />In this sense (‘An uncovered platform before the entrance of a house, raised, and approached by means of steps. Sometimes incorrectly used for porch or veranda.’) a N.Am. word, first recorded 1789, from Dutch '<a href="/words/stoep">stoep</a>', of similar meaning in relation to Dutch domestic architecture and also used in English under that spelling. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:24:42 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/stoop#comments