lintel
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Finding a Miyake event in wood from a Mesoamerican structure—such as a lintel in the Maya temple Tikal in Guatemala, whose construction is recorded in the Long Count—would settle the matter.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023
We ducked under a timber lintel and stepped inside.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
Because we can’t tell a cornice from a lintel, we asked Norfolk architect Greg Rutledge to guide us through the West Freemason Street Area Historic District.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2021
Work is taking place after laser scans showed the lintel stones, joints and concrete mortar that balance them across the vertical stones have eroded.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2021
Over the lintel was affixed the ancient dragon’s skull, its browning sockets gazing down the corridor.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing lintel
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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