lintel
Example Sentences
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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
I immediately banged my head on the lintel above the tiny front door of the 400-year-old cottage.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2018
I’ve known landlords to be held horizontally over the front edge of the sway, with their feet only just touching the lintel of the pub’s doorframe, stretching for the hood.
From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2018
Here a trilithon lintel is being replaced following the re-erection of Stones 6 and 7, and their setting in concrete.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2015
He went on sniffing deeply, his nose thrust to the lintel.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing lintel
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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Learning Down The House: Parts of Your Home
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Unit 4: Powerful Openings
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