noun
lintel
Lintel (noun) means a beam laid flat across the top of a door or window to hold up the wall above it.
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A beam laid flat across the top of a door or window to hold up the wall above it.
"Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel,"
— Thomas Stearns Eliot, [Ariel Poems.] Journey of the Magi (1927)
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Etymology
Came into English from Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *līntellus, standing for *līmitellus, a diminutive noun from līmes. It is equivalent to limit plus -el.
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What is the meaning of lintel?
"lintel" (noun) means a beam laid flat across the top of a door or window to hold up the wall above it.
What is another word for lintel?
Other words for "lintel" include header.
