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9 words match “PENTHOUSE”

PENTHOUSE n. 2 definitions
m the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. "The penthouse of his eyes." Sir W. Scott.
AILERON n.
A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.
COMPANION n.
A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. -- Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. Totten. -- Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading t…
HOUSE v.
ed me in a humble shed. Young. House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. Evelyn.
LEAN-TO a.
d against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall. The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment. De Foe.
PENDICE n.
A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse. [Obs.] Fairfax.
PENHOUSE n.
A penthouse. [Obs.]
PENTICE n.
A penthouse. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
SCUTUM n.
A penthouse or awning. [Obs.] Burrill.