pent roofn.
/ˌpɛnt ˈruːf/, /ˌpɛnt ˈrʊf/, U.S. /ˈpɛnt ˈruf/ A roof like that of a penthouse, sloping in one direction only. Later also: a small roof below the main roof on a building (as over a bay window), or as a decorative continuation of the main pitched roof.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally
vaulta1387
plat-roofa1425
pend1454
faunsere1460
compassed roofa1552
terrace1572
sotie1578
crown1588
arch-roof1594
arch1609
under-roof1611
concameration1644
voltoa1660
hip roof1663
French roof1669
oversail1673
jerkinhead1703
mansard1704
curb-roof1733
shed roof1736
gable roof1759
gambrel roof1761
living roof1792
pent roof1794
span-roof1823
wagon-head1823
azotea1824
rafter roof1825
rooflet1825
wagon-vault1835
bell-roof1842
spire-roof1842
cradle-roof1845
packsaddle roof1845
open roof1847
umbrella roof1847
gambrel1848
packsaddle1848
compass-roof1849
saddleback1849
saddle roof1850
curbed roof1866
wagon-roof1866
saw-tooth roof1900
trough roof1905
skillion roof1911
north-light roof1923
shell roof1954
green roof1984
knee-roof-
1794 Pennsylvania Gaz. 23 July A small, thin, low house..ingeniously contrived..to contain in its pent roof..a volume of heated and purnicious air.
1835 Court Mag. 6 66/2 Her masts struck, her rigging down, and her hull covered in with a pent-roof thatch, from stem to stern.
1894 H. Speight Nidderdale & Garden of Nidd 373 A peculiar feature of this old homestead is an open pent-roof or arcade.
1928 ‘M. Chapman’ Happy Mountain iii. 22 The pent roofs of tar-paper that shielded the graves' earth from washing down-slope in the rains.
1990 Old-house Jrnl. Jan. 44/1 A pent roof, unsupported by posts, might shelter the facade.
2003 Toronto Star (Nexis) 31 May k6 The second-floor pent roof ties in well with the height of the older houses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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