pent roof


pent roof

A small sloping roof, the upper end of which butts against a wall of a house, usually above the first-floor window. If carried completely around the house, it is called a skirt roof. See also: Roof

pent roof

1. A small eaves-like projection from the façade of a house between the first and second floors; has a single straight slope; may provide very limited shelter for a window or door directly below, but is usually merely decorative. Frequently called a visor roof; also See skirt-roof. 2. Same as shed roof.

shed roof, pent roof

shed roof A roof shape having only one sloping plane.