Small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house

Usage examples of stoep.

I pored 4th my indignashun in this way till I got out of breth, when I stopt.

They ate on the stoep in golden sunshine that filtered through the bougainvillaea creeper.

Here Jones stopt short, and directing his eyes upwards, stood for a while silent.

When they came to the cross-roads where the squire had stopt to take counsel, Jones stopt likewise, and turning to Partridge, asked his opinion which track they should pursue.

But the leadin hoss of the pirut ship stopt suddent on comin to the oats, and commenst for to devour them.

Whereat the man was a little stopt, and went a softlier pace: but not being willing to lose the day, he began again, and said:- LIND.

His mouth was now as effectually stopt, as that of quack must be, if, in the midst of a declamation on the great virtues of his pills and powders, the corpse of one of his martyrs should be brought forth, and deposited before the stage, as a testimony of his skill.

After him Vther, which Pendragon hight,Succeding There abruptly it did end,Without full point, or other Cesure right,As if the rest some wicked hand did rend,Or th'Authour selfe could not at least attendTo finish it: that so vntimely breachThe Prince him selfe halfe seemeth to offend,Yet secret pleasure did offence empeach,And wonder of antiquitie long stopt his speach.

A scratch band of coloured farm labourers belted out traditional country airs on banjo and concertina and some of the guests danced on the wide front stoep.

Isabella went up the'path and quietened the yapping fox terrier on the stoep with a sharp word.

General China opened the armored canopy, jumped lightly to the ground, and turned to face the group of men on the stoep of the general dealer's store.

The windows were shuttered and the door locked, but there were no telephone lines running from the solitary building to join those that followed the road, and a single red-painted petrol pump stood at rigid attention in the dusty yard below the stoep.

As he paid for the ticket with the old man's sovereigns, he had a vivid mental picture of the old man on the stoep of Andersland, with his great spiky whiskers and the old terai hat pulled low over his pale calm eyes.