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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