lintel

[ lin-tl ]
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noun
  1. a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.

Origin of lintel

1
1350–1400; Middle English lyntel<Middle French lintel, dissimilated variant of *linter<Latin līmitāris originally, belonging to or indicating a boundary; later taken as synonym of līmināris originally, of the threshold. See limit, -ar1
  • Also British, lin·tol .

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How to use lintel in a sentence

  • The granite lintel that had crushed the body of the old captains son had fallen also upon the captains heart.

    Cursed | George Allan England
  • Then, "when I see the—blood—on the—lintel—and on the two—side-posts—I will not go in and—kill the first-born!"

    The Sabbath-School Index | Richard Gay Pardee

British Dictionary definitions for lintel

lintel

/ (ˈlɪntəl) /


noun
  1. a horizontal beam, as over a door or window

Origin of lintel

1
C14: via Old French probably from Late Latin līmitāris (unattested) of the boundary, influenced in meaning by līminaris of the threshold

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