▪ I. piend Arch. local.
(piːnd)
[Origin unascertained.]
The edge or angle formed by the meeting of two surfaces. Also attrib., as piend check, piend joint, piend rafter, piend stone, piend tree.
| 1842–76 Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Piend, an arris; a salient angle; a hip. It is a northern appellation. Ibid., Piend Check, the rebate formed on the piend or angle at the bottom of the riser of a stone step of a stair, to catch upon the angle formed at the top of the under step. 1881 Archit. Publ. Soc. Dict., Pien, Peind or Piend, a term used in the south-west districts of Scotland, being the hip rafter of a roof. It is sometimes called ‘pien-tree’. Pien stone, the stone covering the rafter in continuation of the ridge stones. |
▪ II. piend
dial. form of pein n.
| 1882 in Ogilvie. |