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What is a lintel?

What is a lintel? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
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The seven-foot lintel stone and hearth in the kitchen were exposed, and the original table, cupboard, and sugan chairs are still in use.
If the stone or precast concrete element is a single piece that functions as a lintel to support the masonry above, the flashing should be installed over the lintel.
He traversed the gamut of the masonry trades from foundation to lintel, bridge abutment to gravestone, and from skyscraper to curbstone.
The low door lintel in the upper room was suitably covered to prevent accidents!
The lintel is carved in only one lithic piece and we can see four busts and the nobiliary coat of arms.
They were so big that their heads came up past the lintel of the entranceway door.

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