Medieval Glossary

Abat-vent

A French term for the sloping roof of a tower, or other ediface; also a pent-house. Note: this term is regillum in low Latin, tejadillo in Spanish, and kleinedeck in German.

Related term(s): None
Category: Architecture
Added: 11.05.05
Source information: Britton, John, F.S.A. A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages. J. Le Keux, illus. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster Row; and the Author, Burton Street, 1838. 3.

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