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单词 lintel
释义

lintel

noun

lin·​tel ˈlin-tᵊl How to pronounce lintel (audio)
: a horizontal architectural member spanning and usually carrying the load above an opening

Illustration of lintel

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022 Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022 Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022 Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022 Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022 This creates a noticeably compact rear door aperture, requiring a duck of the head to get past the curved lintel. Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2022 There is also an inner ring of smaller bluestones and, within that ring, several free-standing trilithons (larger sarsens joined by one lintel). Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022 Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

lintel

noun

lin·​tel ˈlin-tᵊl How to pronounce lintel (audio)
: a horizontal piece or part across the top of an opening (as of a door) to carry the weight of the structure above it
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