pentice

Meaning

Noun

• An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath; an appentice.
• A covered walkway.
• An unexcavated portion of a shaftway, intended to afford protection from falling debris to workers at the bottom of the shaft during certain stages of mining.

Related

Similar words

• pent

Origin

• 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"). appentice, and penthouse.