Lintel Definition

lĭntl
lintels
noun
lintels
The horizontal crosspiece over an opening, as a door or window, usually carrying the weight of the structure above it.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Lintel

Noun

Singular:
lintel
Plural:
lintels

Origin of Lintel

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Latin lÄ«mināris, from lÄ«men (“threshold (bottommost part of a doorframe)").

    From Wiktionary

Lintel Sentence Examples

  • The lintel of the inner gate was formed by a single stone 18 ft.

  • The door of two leaves, with its posts and lintel, is of silver gilt.

  • In each gable a 2 light casement the curving lintel ornamented with a surround of projecting brick keystones.

  • On rear of main range can be seen a large blocked arch with cambered lintel, probably a doorway to the original barn.

  • The other doorway has a rotten lintel over the door.

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