lintel

lin·tel

L0189700 (lĭn′tl)n. 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.

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[Middle English, from Old French, probably alteration of lintier, from Vulgar Latin *līmitāris, of a threshold (meaning influenced by Latin līmen, threshold), from Latin, on a border, from līmes, līmit-, boundary.]

lintel

(ˈlɪntəl) n (Architecture) a horizontal beam, as over a door or window[C14: via Old French probably from Late Latin līmitāris (unattested) of the boundary, influenced in meaning by līminaris of the threshold]

lin•tel

art at lipycyte (ˈlɪn tl)

n. a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door. [1350–1400; Middle English lyntel < Middle French lintel, dissimilated variant of *linter < Latin līmitāris orig., of a boundary, later taken as synonym of līmināris of a lintel]

Thesaurus

Noun

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lintel - horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or windowheaderbeam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

Translations

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