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Lintel
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(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. Sturz), in architecture, a horizontal piece of stone or timber over a doorway or opening, provided to carry the superstructure. In order to relieve the lintel from too great a pressure a "discharging arch" is generally built over it.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lintel'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lintel.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lintel'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lintel.html. 1910.
