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piend

piend noun: the angle or edge formed where two surfaces meet. More specifically, the sloped edges of a pavilion or hip roof. Also the alternative form of peen.

Noun

piend (plural piends)

  1. (Scotland) The angle or edge formed where two surfaces meet. More specifically, the sloped edges of a pavilion or hip roof.
    • …the hip-rafters being termed piend rafters.1868, Villa and Cottage Architecture: Select Examples of Country and Suburban Residence Recently Erected. With a Full Descriptive Notice of Each Bulding …, Blackie & Son, page xii
    • Figs. 119 to 135 illustrate various types of couples, ordinary, end, hip, and piend, used in the roof…1900 February 23, “The Waverly Station at Edinburgh of the North British Railway.”, in Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal, volumes LXIX — FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 1900, page 248

Also used as

piend is also the alternative form of peen.

Forms of piend

pluralpiends

Origin of piend

Compare Danish pind (“a peg”).

Words formed from piend

Questions about piend

What does piend mean?
Piend means the angle or edge formed where two surfaces meet. More specifically, the sloped edges of a pavilion or hip roof.
What part of speech is piend?
Piend is a noun.
What is the plural of piend?
The plural of piend is piends.

Words near piend in the dictionary

  1. piemento
  2. Piemontese
  3. piemontite
  4. piemontites
  5. piems
  6. piend
  7. piended
  8. piends
  9. Pieniny
  10. Pienkuan
  11. Pienta

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