breezeway

[ breez-wey ]

/ ˈbrizˌweɪ /

a porch or roofed passageway open on the sides, for connecting two buildings, as a house and a garage.

Origin of breezeway

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; breeze¹ + way¹

breen, breenge, breeze, breeze block, breeze in, breezeway, breezy, bregenz, bregma, brei, breid

These buildings are all solid, what I mean, there is nothing like—what do you call these—a breezeway—there's nothing like that.

Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
(Fannie was evidently referring to the breezeway or dogtrot, down the middle of many small plantation houses).

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves |Work Projects Administration

breezeway

/ (ˈbriːzˌweɪ) /

a roofed passageway connecting two buildings, sometimes with the sides enclosed