Pentise

Pentise
1) Lean-to building or covered passage or gallery.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 413)
2) A covered way with open sides to enable people to walk between separate buildings in the dry when it is raining.
(Beresford, Maurice and Hurst, John. Wharram Percy: Deserted Medieval Village, 138)
Related terms: Pent Roof

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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