LINTEL (0. Fr. lintel, mod. linteau, from Late Lat. limitellum, limes, boundary, confused in sense with limen, threshold; the Latin name is supercilium, Ital. soprasogli, and Ger. Stutz)

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LINTEL (0. Fr. lintel, mod. linteau, from Late Lat. limitellum, limes, boundary, confused in sense with limen, threshold; the Latin name is supercilium, Ital. soprasogli, and Ger. Stutz) , in architecture, a

horizontal

HORIZONTAL

piece of stone or timber over a

door

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the
English
- ENGLISH
word, with other forms common in allied
languages
- LANGUAGES
, comes from the same Indo-
European
- EUROPEAN
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

-way or opening, provided to carry the superstructure. In order to relieve the

lintel

LINTEL (0. Fr. lintel, mod. linteau, from Late Lat. limitellum, limes, boundary, confused in sense with limen,
threshold
- THRESHOLD
; the Latin name is supercilium, Ital. soprasogli, and Ger. Stutz)

from too

great

GREAT

a pressure a " discharging

arch

ARCH
ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

" is generally built over it.

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