Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A horizontal structural member, such as a beam or stone, that spans an opening, as between the uprights of a door or window or between two columns or piers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, a horizontal piece of timber or stone resting on the jambs of a door or window, or spanning any other open space in a wall or in a columnar construction, and serving to support superincumbent weight.
- noun See
lingel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture A
horizontal structural beam spanning anopening , such as between theuprights of adoor or awindow , and whichsupports the wall above.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word isn't lintel, which is the horizontal top of a doorway.
January 28th, 2002 2002
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The principal item is the upper cave, small, square, and apparently still used by the Arabs: in the middle of the lintel is a lump looking like the mutilated capital of a column.
The Land of Midian 2003
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Fig. 98: Make sure the lintel is the correct size for wide openings.
Chapter 6 1995
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There was once a well-known Scotch architect who held that the column and the lintel was the only permissible form of construction, and with this limitation and ill-selected Greek details he produced some fantastically ugly buildings.
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On the lintel is the stationmaster's name painted in small white letters, like the name of the landlord over the doorway of an inn.
Hodge and His Masters Richard Jefferies 1867
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The principal item is the upper cave, small, square, and apparently still used by the Arabs: in the middle of the lintel is a lump looking like the mutilated capital of a column.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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The lintel is the horizontal crosspiece over the door.
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Fragments of the carved granite "lintel" found by Lansing, and a line drawing of one of the fragments of the lintel portraying King Khasekhemwy in festival costume
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To eliminate the danger of shearing, it is therefore preferable to increase the length of the part of the lintel which is held in the wall, allowing a minimum of 20 cm for small openings.
Chapter 6 1995
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The date 1685 is on one of the blocks, and 1672 on a lintel which is now placed with them.
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