lintel

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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

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

This past year, I’ve spent most of my time in my drafty office in Harlem, where the water leak from the lintel above the south-facing window has reappeared after some bad weather.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 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

Over the lintel was affixed the ancient dragon’s skull, its browning sockets gazing down the corridor.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson