PENTHOUSE  , a sloping roof attached to a See also:

• BUILDING

building either to serve as a See also:

• PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

porch or a covering for an See also:

• ARCADE

arcade, or, if supported by walls, as a See also:

• SHED

shed, a " lean-to." In the See also:

• HISTORY

history of siegecraft, the word is particularly applied to the fixed or movable constructions used to protect the besiegers when See also:

• MINING

mining, working battering-rams, catapults, &c., and is thus used to translate See also:

• LAT

Lat. vinea and gluteus, and also testudo, the shelter of locked See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . The See also:

• MID

Mid . Eng. See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word is pentis, an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of O . Fr. apentis, Med . Lat. appenditium or appendicium, a small structure attached to, or dependent on, another building, from appendere, to hang on to . The form " pent-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house " is due to a supposed connexion with " house " and Fr. pente, sloping roof . The more correct form " pentice " is now frequently used .