Pĕnt'house, n.

n. [Fr. pente, inclination, slope, for pende, from Lat. pendere, to hang down, and Eng. house. Cf. infra, and PENTROOF.] A shed standing aslope from the main wall or building; a lean-to. Had there not lurked under the penthouse of his eye that sly epicurean twinkle. W. Scott.