Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sloping roof projecting from an outer wall, or constructed over a door to shelter it; an awning over a door or window; a penthouse. See
appentice and penthouse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A penthouse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath.
- noun A covered walkway.
- noun mining An
unexcavated portion of ashaftway , intended to afford protection from fallingdebris to workers at the bottom of the shaft during certain stages of mining.
Etymologies
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From Middle English pentis, pendize, and other spellings; from Anglo-Norman pentiz, aphetic of Old French apentis ("appendage, attached building"), from Medieval Latin appendicium, from Latin appendo ("to hang")
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Examples
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There, on its wooded height, the pentice roofs glistening in the sunlight, stood Chinon, with its triple castle, so full of the memories of history; and all around spread the wide Tourangeais.
Orrain A Romance S. Levett-Yeats
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_ (Casqued halberdiers in armour thrust forward a pentice of gutted spearpoints.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
brtom commented on the word pentice
"Casqued halberdiers in armour thrust forward a pentice of gutted spear points." Joyce, Ulysses, 15
January 1, 2008