lintel

Example Sentences

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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

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

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