lintel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈlɪn.təl/
Etymology
From Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *līntellus, for *līmitellus, diminutive noun from līmes. Equivalent to limit + -el.
Meanings
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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:Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel,
1927 August, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Ariel Poems.] Journey of the Magi.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lintels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
header · overslay · superliminary
Translations (63)
no dekkstein (horizontal structural beam) · el πρέκι (horizontal structural beam) · ru при́толока (horizontal structural beam) · br gourin (horizontal structural beam) · pt lintel (horizontal structural beam) · mi taupoki (horizontal structural beam) · es lindel (horizontal structural beam) · de Sturz (horizontal structural beam) · mk надвратник (horizontal structural beam) · sh nadvratnik (horizontal structural beam) · es dintel (horizontal structural beam) · mk натпрозорник (horizontal structural beam) · grc ὑπερθύριον (horizontal structural beam) · et sillus (horizontal structural beam) · cy capan (horizontal structural beam) · grc φλιᾶς (horizontal structural beam) · el υπέρθυρο (horizontal structural beam) · ast sobrepuerta (horizontal structural beam) · fr linteau (horizontal structural beam) · cy lintel (horizontal structural beam) · cmn 橫楣子 /横楣子 (horizontal structural beam) · no overdekning (horizontal structural beam) · ast llintel (horizontal structural beam) · de Oberschwelle (horizontal structural beam) · mi kōrupe (horizontal structural beam) · eo lintelo (horizontal structural beam) · cy gwarddrws (horizontal structural beam) · ga fardoras (horizontal structural beam) · ro lintou (horizontal structural beam) · es lintel (horizontal structural beam) · kk маңдайша (horizontal structural beam) · gl lumieira (horizontal structural beam) · hy բարավոր (horizontal structural beam) · sv fönsterbalk (horizontal structural beam) · sv dörrbalk (horizontal structural beam) · sh greda (horizontal structural beam) · ast cargaderu (horizontal structural beam) · is ofdyri (horizontal structural beam) · cs překlad (horizontal structural beam) · cmn 闌頭 /阑头 (horizontal structural beam) · no dekning (horizontal structural beam) · tr lento (horizontal structural beam) · el ανώφλι (horizontal structural beam) · mi kārupe (horizontal structural beam) · cmn 門斗 /门斗 (horizontal structural beam) · it piattabanda (horizontal structural beam) · no vindusbjelke (horizontal structural beam) · nl latei (horizontal structural beam) · bg трегер (horizontal structural beam) · gd àrd-doras (horizontal structural beam) · no overligger over (horizontal structural beam) · cmn 過梁 /过梁 (horizontal structural beam) · fi kamana (horizontal structural beam) · sv överstycke (horizontal structural beam) · is dyratré (horizontal structural beam) · gl lintel (horizontal structural beam) · ro buiandrug (horizontal structural beam) · ja 鴨居 (horizontal structural beam) · pl nadproże (horizontal structural beam) · sv dörrträ (horizontal structural beam) · ca llinda (horizontal structural beam) · hu szemöldökfa (horizontal structural beam) · cmn 門楣 /门楣 (horizontal structural beam)