Pend vs. Pended — What's the Difference?

Pend is a Scottish architectural term referring to a passageway that passes through a building, often from a street through to a courtyard or 'back court', and may be for both vehicles and pedestrian access or exclusively pedestrians. The term "common pend" can often be found in descriptions of Scottish property for sale, such as "a common pend shared with the residential dwellings above".

Simple past tense and past participle of pend

(obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down

To arch over (something); to vault.

(obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

To pen; to confine.

(transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).

(Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.

(India) oil cake

Oil cake; penock.

To hang; to depend.

To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.

To pen; to confine.