See Also: pendicle(dictionary)

pendicle (iou)



pendicle noun. Chiefly Scot. LME.
[medieval Latin pendiculum, from Latin pendere hang + -culum -CULE.]
A thing dependent on another, a subsidiary, an appurtenance; spec. a piece of land or other property forming a subsidiary part of an estate; esp. such a part separately sublet. LME.
A hanging ornament, a pendant. Now rare. L15.
pendicler noun the holder of a pendicle, a tenant L18.