Piend
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Piend is a noun meaning (Scotland, architecture) The angle or edge formed where two surfaces meet. More specifically, the sloped edges of a pavilion or hip roof.
Meaning
(Scotland, architecture) The angle or edge formed where two surfaces meet. More specifically, the sloped edges of a pavilion or hip roof.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of peen (“end of a hammer”).
Example Sentences
…the hip-rafters being termed piend rafters.
Small but smart two-storey piend-roofed mansion-house built for the Robertsons of Auchleeks c. 1820.
Figs. 119 to 135 illustrate various types of couples, ordinary, end, hip, and piend, used in the roof…
Word Forms
- piends
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pein, pene, pintel, pin-head, knobend, knob end.
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