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noun
An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: appentice, pent
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noun
A covered walkway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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History
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”). Doublet of appentice and penthouse.
Across languages
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