pentice

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”)

pentice (plural pentices)

1. An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath; an appentice.
2. A covered walkway.
3. (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.

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• (appentice): pent

• pectine