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

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’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

Lancelot dropped the visor over his shadowed face and pushed the door-bar sideways with his point The stout wood, crashing open, showed a lintel crammed with iron men and tossing torches.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White