LINTEL


Meaning of LINTEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlin-t ə l ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French * lintel, alteration of linter threshold, from Late Latin limitaris, from Latin, constituting a boundary, from limit-, limes boundary

Date: 14th century

: a horizontal architectural member spanning and usually carrying the load above an opening

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