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lintel

[ lin-tl ]

noun

  1. a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.


lintel

/ ˈ±ôɪ²Ô³ÙÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. a horizontal beam, as over a door or window
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lintel1

1350–1400; Middle English lyntel < Middle French lintel, dissimilated variant of *linter < Latin ±ôÄ«³¾¾±³ÙÄå°ù¾±²õ originally, belonging to or indicating a boundary; later taken as synonym of ±ôÄ«³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù¾±²õ originally, of the threshold. See limit, -ar 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lintel1

C14: via Old French probably from Late Latin ±ôÄ«³¾¾±³ÙÄå°ù¾±²õ (unattested) of the boundary, influenced in meaning by ±ôÄ«³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù¾±²õ of the threshold
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"One high-speed line for the west, one for the east and - across the fireplace - a lintel, Northern Powerhouse rail," he says.

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In 2021, the San Francisco Asian Art Museum returned two hand-carved religious artifacts — sandstone lintels dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries — to the Thai government.

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Finding a Miyake event in wood from a Mesoamerican structure—such as a lintel in the Maya temple Tikal in Guatemala, whose construction is recorded in the Long Count—would settle the matter.

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They restored the bronze lintels and pink granite along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.

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The most famous mention of the society, aside from stone inscriptions found in museums and private collections, appeared in lintels over doorways at Bonampak, in which Sak Tz’i’ captives are depicted defeated and humiliated.

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