Look up: lintel

1. Lintel
   [architecture] A lintel can be a load-bearing building component, a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. It is often found over portals, doors, and windows. ==Structural uses== In worldwide architecture of different eras and many cultures, a lintel has ...
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2. Lintel
   In architecture a lintel is a horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.
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3. Lintel
   Horizontal stone or beam bridging an opening.
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4. lintel
   A flat horizontal beam which spans the space between two supports.
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5. Lintel
   a beam or stone that goes over an opening; a lintel in a temple would span the distance between two columns by being laid on top of their capitals.
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6. Lintel
   horizontal stone or beam bridging an opening
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7. Lintel
   A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.
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8. Lintel
   Horizontal wood or stone over a fireplace, door, etc.
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9. Lintel
   wooden beam or stone slab lying horizontally above a doorway (or window)
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10. lintel
    the beam that bridges the top of an opening
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11. Lintel
    Horizontal timber or stone over door
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12. Lintel
    Concrete or steel beam over opening to support wall above
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13. Lintel
    A concrete, steel or wooden beam spanning a door or window openings in a wall to support the building materials above.
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14. Lintel
    Horizontal section of timber, concrete or metal, installed to the top of a door- way or window opening, designed to support the structure above.
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15. Lintel
    Horizontal section of timber, concrete or metal, installed to the top of a door- way or window opening, designed to support the structure above.
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16. Lintel
    A single large stone, often inscribed, over the top of an entranceway.
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17. lintel
    a small beam over a ( door or ) window head, usually carrying wall load alone the upper horizontal part of the aperture in which the window is to be installed Category: Building industry • A beam over a window Category: Management in the public and private sector • the metal ...
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18. Lintel
    A horizontal structural member that supports the load over an opening such as a door or window.
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19. Lintel
    a horizontal beam bridging an opening in a wall. In traditional stone construction, a stone lintel was used on the outer leaf of a wall with a 'timber safe lintel' on the inner leaf. The timber lintel could span further than stone and was capable of absorbing movement, while the stone lint...
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20. Lintel
    A horizontal beam of stone or timber, bridging an opening. Often used in conjunction with the tympanum. When a lintel is triangular at the top, it is called gabled lintel.
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21. Lintel
    A flat horizontal beam that spans an opening between two supports and that carries the weight of the structure above it.
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22. Lintel
    A horizontal beam used to support the wall over a door or window opening.
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23. Lintel
    Lin'tel (lĭn'tĕl) noun [ Old French lintel , French linteau , Late Latin lintellus , for limitellus , a dim. from Latin limes limit. See Limit .] (Architecture) A horizontal member spannin...
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24. lintel
    noun horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
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25. Lintel
    • (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.
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