lintel
Example Sentences
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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
We ducked under a timber lintel and stepped inside.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
Work is taking place after laser scans showed the lintel stones, joints and concrete mortar that balance them across the vertical stones have eroded.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2021
I immediately banged my head on the lintel above the tiny front door of the 400-year-old cottage.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2018
He was tall enough to scrape the door’s lintel, his slate-blue eyes set in a long, lean face.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing lintel
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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