noun. A platform at the entrance of a large building.

noun. A flight of steps leading to such a platform.

noun. In architecture, an external flight of steps by which access is given to the entrance-door of a building when the principal floor is raised above the level of the ground. It is often so treated as to form an important architectural adornment.

noun. An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to mediævel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.

noun. A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker etc.

noun. A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform.

"The drawbridge has been replaced by a modern "perron" or flight of stone steps, which leads to the entrance hall."

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