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: a horizontal architectural member spanning and usually carrying the load above an opening
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Its single-paned windows also cause condensation, and the lintels behind the walls are rusted and need to be replaced, Sickbert said.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024
In both these museums, the lintels hang on the wall.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
The windows of the building on the first few floors are fortified with wide deep lintels and thick mesh iron grating.
—Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
The lintel from the Nong Hong Temple joined the museum collection in 1966 as a gift from art collector Avery Brundage, and the lintel from Khao Lon Temple was acquired in 1968 as a purchase.
—Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2021
The lintel from the Nong Hong Temple joined the museum collection in 1966 as a gift from art collector Avery Brundage, and the lintel from Khao Lon Temple was acquired in 1968 as a purchase, museum officials said.
—Lauren Hernández, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2020
Yaxchilán is notable for its detailed sculptures and limestone lintel carvings, which depict the region’s history and rulers.
—Tim Leffel, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
Two artworks have been quietly repatriated since entering the museum’s holdings: a sixth-century Shiva statue stolen from a Nepal shrine in 1984 (returned in 2021) and a stone lintel depicting the god Vishnu, which disappeared from Thailand in the 1960s (returned in 1989).
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
Minus the door with frame and lintel.
—Star Tribune, 18 July 2021
Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024
In both these museums, the lintels hang on the wall.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
The windows of the building on the first few floors are fortified with wide deep lintels and thick mesh iron grating.
—Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
The lintel from the Nong Hong Temple joined the museum collection in 1966 as a gift from art collector Avery Brundage, and the lintel from Khao Lon Temple was acquired in 1968 as a purchase.
—Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2021
The lintel from the Nong Hong Temple joined the museum collection in 1966 as a gift from art collector Avery Brundage, and the lintel from Khao Lon Temple was acquired in 1968 as a purchase, museum officials said.
—Lauren Hernández, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2020
Yaxchilán is notable for its detailed sculptures and limestone lintel carvings, which depict the region’s history and rulers.
—Tim Leffel, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
Two artworks have been quietly repatriated since entering the museum’s holdings: a sixth-century Shiva statue stolen from a Nepal shrine in 1984 (returned in 2021) and a stone lintel depicting the god Vishnu, which disappeared from Thailand in the 1960s (returned in 1989).
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
Minus the door with frame and lintel.
—Star Tribune, 18 July 2021
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“Lintel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lintel. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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lintel
noun
lin·tel
ˈlint-ᵊl 
: a horizontal piece across the top of an opening (as of a door) that carries the weight of the structure above it
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