pent

pent 2[pent] Word Origin noun

1. penthouse(def 4).

Origin of pent 2by shortening British Dictionary definitions for pents pent verb

1. a past tense and past participle of pen 2

Word Origin and History for pents pent adj.

“kept in, confined,” 1540s, variant of penned, past participle of pen (v.2). Pent-up (also pent up) is from 1580s.