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発音

• IPA: /ˈlɪn.təl/
• 韻: -ɪntəl

名詞

lintel (plural lintels)

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.
   • 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXXXVII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:

     Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel.

   • 1927 August, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Ariel Poems.] Journey of the Magi.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 107:

     Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel,

同意語

• overslay
• superliminary
• header

反意語

• threshold

等位語

• jamb
• sill

派生語

Further reading

• Lintel (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “lintel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• lentil, tellin, tellin'