stoep
/stuːp
/noun South African
A veranda in front of a house.A unique feature are the pillars on the front stoep: they are upside down cannon barrels, painted white....
- In South Africa a stoep is a raised veranda on which you sit and watch the world go by.
- Supported by timber trusses and arboreal columns, the restaurant's great monopitch roof recalls the traditional African stoep or veranda.
Origin
Afrikaans, from Dutch; related to step.