Lintel
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LINTEL (0. Fr. lintel, mod. linteau, from Late Lat. limitellum, limes, boundary, confused in sense with limen, threshold; the Latin name is supercilium, Ital. soprasogli, and Ger. Sturz), in architecture, ...
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A supporting wood or stone beam across the top of an opening, such as that of a window or door or fireplace ...
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Lintel
The horizontal architectural member - stone, wood or metal - that spans an opening and supports the weight above it.
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Lintel
Horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.LoftA upper room or floor, especially within a roof space; also, a gallery in a church.
Lintel: a horizontal beam spanning an openings, as over a window or door, or between two posts.
Trumeau: doorpost supporting lintel.
Lintel - A horizontal structural member which supports the load over an opening such as a door or window.
Littoral - A shore and the country contiguous to it; the zone comprised between high- and low-water marks.
Lintel
A horizontal structural member, such as a beam or stone, that spans the opening as between the uprights of a door, window, or similar architectural element.
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Lintel - A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.
Listel - See Fillet.
Lintel - A beam of any material used to span an opening.
Lubin, St.: Bishop of Chartres in 558 AD
Lunette - A semicircular opening above a window or door.
lintels:
the horizontal beam that forms the upper member of window or door frame and supports part of the structure above it ...
lintel - A horizontal, wood, stone, or concrete structure that supports the load over an opening such as a window
louver - An opening, often of wood slates, used or ventilation ...
LINTEL The flat horizontal piece at the top of a window.
MASONRY A type of construction using stone, brick, tile or concrete block using mortar.
lintel
A horizontal beam over an opening in a wall that carries the weight of the structure above.
liquid driers ...
LINTEL The horizontal member that spans an opening.
MACHICOLATION Part of a defence system a castle, in particular a projecting parapet with openings in the floor between corbels.
Lintel: Horizontal architectural member in wood or stone that supports the weight above an opening (fig.3, D).
Lintel: Horizontal structural beam of timber, stone, steel or concrete placed over window or door openings.
LPG: Liquid Petroleum Gas or Propane. Available to serve gas appliances in areas without mains gas. Requires a storage tank.
Lintel
A wood or stone beam across the top of an opening such as a door or window that supports the weight above it.
Loggia ...
Lintel A beam over a door or window opening carrying the load of the wall above. May be timber, brick, stone, concrete or steel depending on the age of the building. Often lintels can be partially or completely hidden from view.
Lintel. Horizontal section of timber, concrete or metal, installed to the top of a door- way or window opening, designed to support the structure above.
Lintel A horizontal beam over a door or window opening usually carrying the load of the wall above. Often lintels can be partially or completely hidden from view.
lintel (6) -- a horizontal block or beam bridging a door or other opening (Pedley, 355)
loomweight (2) -- small terracotta pieces used to hold down the warp threads on a weaving loom ...
Lintel: In masonry construction, a lintel is a long, rectangular stone block which spans a door or window opening to support the weight of the structure above. Stone lintels are normally visible from the exterior.
lintel A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening, most often a door.
loggia A gallery that is open on one or more sides, often with an arcade.
lintel: a horizontal member supported at each end by a wall or columns.
liturgical east end: the altar end in a church that is not geographically orientated east/west.
lintel - a horizontal structural or ornamental member over an opening which generally carries the weight of the wall above it, often of stone or wood.
lozenge - a diamond-shaped decorative motif; usually one of a series.
Lintel. Outer edge of an arch which may be purely decorative or structural in function.
LINTEL A horizontal structural member spanning an opening (e.g. window or door). Usually made of wood, stone or steel (such as a beam). Carries the weight of, and provides support to, the wall above the opening.
lintel : A beam of any material used to span an opening.
loggia : A rostrum developed in medieval Italian towns, roofed, slightly elevated, and open on three sides, from which orators could address crowds.
Lintel
the horizontal cross beam spanning an opening in the post-and-lintel system.
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Lintel
A flat horizontal beam that spans an opening between two supports and that carries the weight of the structure above it.
Lintel (or Lintol) - A horizontal beam bridging an opening.
Loggia (c/f Belvedere) - An open (at least on one side) usually colonnaded, gallery, used as a meeting place. Loggias were first developed in Renaissance Italy.
Lintel
- a horizontal beam bridging an opening in a wall. In traditional stone construction, a stone lintel was used on the outer leaf of a wall with a "timber safe lintel" on the inner leaf.
Lintel - A horizontal supporting crosspiece over an opening.
Live Load - The weight of people, things and materials that are not always present at the same place in a building.
Lintel
A post that goes across the top of a window or door.
Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary
Portico ...
Lintel
See post and lintel.
Loggia
A roofed gallery with an open arcade or colonnade on at least one side.
lintel - the horizontal top piece of a window or door opening
masonry - work done by masons, including brick, stone, or concrete block
massing - the expression of interior volume as form ...
LINTELhorizontal support at top of door or window
MANSARD ROOFa roof with double slopes; the lower part is nearly vertical and the upper part has a very low pitch. Named after the 17th-century French architect François Mansart.
lintel A horizontal structural element over an opening which carries the weight of the wall above it.
lintel: Flat horizontal beam which spans the space between two supports. MAS some as architrave????
loggia: An exterior gallery, open on one or more sides, with a colonnade or an arcade.
Formalized lintel, the lowest member of the entablature in classical architecture. Also the moulded frame of a door or window (often borrowing the profile of a classical architrave). Lugged: a moulded frame with horizontal projections at the top.
Formalized lintel, the lowest member of the classical entablature. Also the moulded frame of a door or window (often borrowing the profile of a class...
Arris
Sharp edge where two surfaces meet at an angle....
Back Lintel - The lintel supporting the backing of a wall and seen on the face.
Entablature - a lintel-like feature supported by columns or pilasters and usually placed over a doorway or window.
Fillet - a thin, horizontal band in a straight profile, usually found on a cornice, architrave, or entablature, for decoration.
Space between the lintel and arch of a doorway or opening.
Vault
Stone ceiling formed like arches.
Architrave: The lintel or flat horizontal member which spans the space between columns; in classical architecture, the lowest member of an entablature. Archivolts: Bands or mouldings (moldings, Am.) surrrounding an arched opening.
Bressumer - A lintel, often timber, over a shop front, fireplace or bay opening.
Building Paper - Heavy-duty paper, usually incorporating a bitumen layer. Was often used as a lining under roof tiles in the 1960's. Tears easily.
ABACUS: the flat slab on the top of a capital ACROTERIA: statues or ornaments placed at the apex and the ends of pediments ARCH: the spanning of an opening by reasons other than that of a lintel ARCHITRAVE: the lintel extending from one column or ...
The two basic solutions to spanning are post-and-lintel construction and arch and vault construction, and its offshoot the dome.
lintel See post and lintel. loggia A rostrum developed in medieval Italian towns, roofed, slightly elevated, and open on three sides, from which orators could address crowds. Back to Top
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The lintel of the gateway is made of joggled voussoirs above which there is a relieving arch outlined by a continous moulding which also runs along the front of the towers.
Before the arch was invented, a straight lintel, or beam, made of heavy stone or wood was the only way to support an opening in a wall; arches allowed for much larger openings that let in more air and light.
This is in contrast to a post and lintel system where the beam is supported at both ends with loads applied between them.
The Forth Bridge, a cantilever railway bridge with three balanced (double) cantilevers
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Tympanum : The section atop the Lintel of a portal or doorway, enclosed by an arch, often featuring significant sculpture work.
Image at right: Tympanum within the west portal of Notre Dame de Chartres, France.
Capital
The carved block separating a column or pier from the arch or lintel that it supports.
Chancel
The area of a parish church at the east end, where the altar was located. Also known as the choir in larger churches.
The space between the lintel and archway over a doorway or opening. Very often elaborately carved, especially in early churches.
Vault.
Central doorway of the south transept of Chartres Cathedral, c. 1220-1230. The tympanum and lintels illustrate the Last Judgment. Christ is presented on the trumeau.
Last Judgement from the South Transept portals of Chartres Cathedral.
ARCH: a method of spaning an opening, stronger than a lintel. Usually a curved or pointed structural member, however there are many different types. (IMAGE) ...
a projecting moulding above an arch or lintel to throw off surface water
Drum-tower
large, circular tower, usually low and squat ...
Windows may have six panes in each sash or are vertically divided and topped by label lintels. Some are floor length, opening out into the landscape. Paint colors were neutral shades to blend in with nature.
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