pentice

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Quotations

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English pentis, pendize, and other spellings; from Anglo-Norman pentiz, aphetic of Old French apentis (“‘appendage, attached building’”), from Mediaeval Latin appendicium, from Latin appendo (“‘to hang’”)

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pentice (plural pentices)

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

[edit] Quotations

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