lintel

lin·tel

noun \ˈlin-t^əl\

Definition of LINTEL

: a horizontal architectural member spanning and usually carrying the load above an opening

Illustration of LINTEL

Origin of LINTEL

Middle English, from Anglo-French *lintel, alteration of linter threshold, from Late Latin limitaris, from Latin, constituting a boundary, from limit-, limes boundary

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, parapet, pilaster, plinth

Rhymes with LINTEL

pintle, quintal