Definitions For Pentice

Noun

PENTICE (plural PENTICEs) An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath; an appentice. A covered walkway. (mining) 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.

Quotations

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Synonyms

appentice pent#noun, pent

Translations

Finnish: katos

Etymology

From {{etyl, enm, en}} pentis, , pendize, , and other spellings; from {{etyl, xno, en}} pentiz, , aphetic of {{etyl, fro, en}} apentis, , appendage, attached building, from {{etyl, ML., en}} appendicium, , from {{etyl, la, en}} appendo, , to hang. {{doublet, en, appentice, penthouse}}.

Anagrams

pectine