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Shaftway vs Pentice - What's the difference?

shaftway | pentice |

As nouns the difference between shaftway and pentice

is that shaftway is the vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels while pentice is an extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath an appentice.

shaftway

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels

    • pentice

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath. An appentice.
  • A covered walkway.
  • (mining) An unexcavated portion of a shaftway, intended to afford protection from falling debris to workers at the bottom of the shaft during certain stages of mining.

    • Synonyms

    * (appentice)

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "pentice")