lintel
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"One high-speed line for the west, one for the east and - across the fireplace - a lintel, Northern Powerhouse rail," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
Finding a Miyake event in wood from a Mesoamerican structure—such as a lintel in the Maya temple Tikal in Guatemala, whose construction is recorded in the Long Count—would settle the matter.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2023
He stopped outside the house where Maya Angelou once lived, admiring the ivy that tumbled from the lintel.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
I’ve known landlords to be held horizontally over the front edge of the sway, with their feet only just touching the lintel of the pub’s doorframe, stretching for the hood.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2018
Covered with a fastidiously elaborate frieze, the twelve-foot gateway focuses the visitor’s eye on the image of a single deity whose figure projects from the lintel: the Staff God.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing lintel
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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Unit 4: Powerful Openings
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