† ˈpenticle Obs. rare—1.
Used by E. Fairfax, app. metri gratiâ, as = pentice, penthouse.
| 1600 Fairfax Tasso xviii. lxxiv, Their targets hard above their heads they threw, Which join'd in one an iron pentise make,..For that strong penticle protected well The knights, from all that flew and all that fell. |