pentice

pentice means an extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Etymology

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.

noun

An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath.
A covered walkway.
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.