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penthouse, pentice

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | 376 words | Copyright

penthouse, pentice.
1. Structure erected against the sides of another building as a lean-to, that is with a mono-pitched or pent roof.

2. Covered walkway set against a larger building or buildings.

3. Structure occupying part of the area of a roof of a building used as a select separate dwelling.

4. Protection from the weather over a door or window (i.e. the same as pent).

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