porch swing

porch swing (plural porch swings)

1. A swing on a porch, often made of wood and having space for two people to sit and rock back and forth. A porch swing is often connected to the roof of the porch with chains and hooks in the ceiling.
   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

     There were Miss Maudie’s, Miss Stephanie’s — there was our house, I could see the porch swing —Miss Rachel’s house was beyond us, plainly visible.