lintel.

a horizontal beam spanning the top of a doorway, window, or other opening

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Words that belong together

• stone lintel
• cracked lintel
• carved lintel

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A date was carved into the lintel above the chapel door.

She ducked beneath the low lintel.

The cracked lintel sagged over the empty window.

Usage notes

Primary curation section: Architecture. Unlike an arch, a lintel crosses an opening in a straight horizontal span. Plural: lintels.