Formerly some of the inhabitants of Orton had what were called penthouses in front of their dwellings.
The curtains were overlapped with penthouses somewhat shattered by the mangonels, trebuchets, and other slinging engines of the besiegers.
But the besieged expected this, and ran out at night their boards or wooden penthouses on the top of the curtains.
Penthouses are frequently mentioned in the city ordinances, and they were to be at least 9 feet in height, so as to allow of people riding beneath.
It was enacted, for the benefit of landlords, that penthouses once fastened by iron nails or wooden pegs to the timber framework of the house should be deemed not removable, but fixtures, part and parcel of the freehold.
But the besieged expected this, and ran out at night their hoards or wooden penthouses on the top of the curtains.
The curtains were overlapped with penthouses somewhat shattered by the mangonels, and other slinging engines of the besiegers.
Outside stairs seem to have been common, and sometimes penthouses on pillars or cellar steps further broke the monotony of the street, though frequent enactments strove to regulate these in the public interest.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "penthouses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
