lintels

Noun

lintel (plural lintels)

1. A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
   • Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXXXVII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   overslay, superliminary, header

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