pentice

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Определение pentice в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A covered walkway

An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath

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

{n} a sloping shed or roof

a dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls

a structure on a roof for housing equipment (such as elevator machinery or a water tank)

a sloping roof projecting from a wall or side of a building (as to shelter a door), or a shed with such a roof

a corridor having a slanted roof and projecting from three walls of the court

A penthouse

any roof-like shelter or overhanging part, or any shed roof

a specially designed apartment on an upper floor (especially the top floor)

Этимология

() 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”)