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▪ I. lintel|ˈlɪntəl|
Forms: 4–5, 7 lyntel(l, 5, 7 li-, lyntal(l, (6 lyntil, lynttyll, 7 lental, lindal, lintle, 8 lintil, 9 lentil), 7– lintel.
[a. OF. lintel threshold (F. linteau):—popular L. *līmitāle or *līmitellum (f. līmit-, līmes limit n., confused with līmin-, līmen threshold).]
1. A horizontal piece of timber, stone, etc. placed over a door, window, or other opening to discharge the superincumbent weight.
1388Wyclif Exod. xii. 22 Sprynge ȝe therof the lyntel [Vulg. superliminare], and euer either post. c1450Merlin 436 The Emperor..wrote letteres on the lyntell of the dore in grewe. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxix. 39 Albeid that thow were never sa stout, Vndir this lyntall sall thow lowt. 1601–2in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 629 Paid for lyntalls at the fountaine iiijs viijd. 1667Primatt City & C. Build. 82 One Lintal to discharge the two Windows and Balcony-door, eight foot of Timber. 1725Pope Odyss. vii. 116 The pillars silver, on a brazen base; Silver the lintels deep-projecting o'er. 1839J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. xii. (1847) 139 A moor⁓stone lintel is placed across the top to support the little roof. 1863A. Fonblanque Tangled Skein II. ii. 29 Upon the lentil of No. 7 [he] found painted the name of Mr. C. L.
†2. ? A spoke of a wheel. Obs.—0
1570Levins Manip. 125/13 Lyntil of a cart, radius.
3. attrib., as lintel-piece, lintel-post, lintel-stone, lintel-tree.
1842–59Gwilt Encycl. Arch. Gloss. s.v., If a wall be very thick, more than one *lintel piece will be required. 1874Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 402 The lintel⁓piece alone weighs about 3,000 pounds.
1806J. Grahame Birds Scot. 942 Others [sc. birds] sometimes Are driven within our *lintel-posts by storms.
1575Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1832) 50 Item, to James Law, for þe thre *lintall stanes to þe boiss windois, xij s. 1879Lubbock Addr. Pol. & Educ. x. 197 The lintel stones of the doorway are 40 feet 10 inches in length.
1601Holland Pliny II. 580 The..maine *lintle-tree which lay ouer the..cheekes of the great dore. 1675Hobbes Odyssey (1677) 77 The door-posts silver..The lintle-tree upon them silver too.
Hence ˈlintelled a., furnished with a lintel. ˈlintelling, lintling vbl. n., the action of providing with lintels; the material used for this purpose.
1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 98 Lintelling, Guttering.., &c. at so much per Foot. 1827Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 9 A doorway with a lintelled architrave. 1833J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage, Farm, & Villa Archit. 526 The cart-sheds to have a joist..built into the wall at each pillar, and chacked to the lintling beams. 1894Doyle Mem. S. Holmes 111 Over the low, heavy-lintelled door.
▪ II. lintel(l
obs. form of lentil. |