Horizontal crosspiece over a window or door that carries the weight of the structure above it.
The horizontal beam over a window or door opening.
A horizontal beam or stone over a doorway, window or fireplace. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 413)
Horizontal members that span a door opening; may be structural or solely decorative.
It is the block of stone spanning the top of an opening like a doorway or window; sometimes also called a head.
A horizontal beam above a door or window, which bears the weight of the wall above.
Horizontal timber or stone over door
the horizontal top piece of a window or door opening
The horizontal supporting member at the top of a door or window.
An angle iron or beam over window and door openings that spans the opening and transfers the weight of the masonry to the sides of the opening.
A horizontal board that supports the load over an opening such as a door or window. Back to the Top
A horizontal structural element over an opening which carries the weight of the wall above it.
A horizontal piece of wood or stone which spans a window or door opening and supports the weight above it.
A horizontal member spanning above an opening, such as a doorway, and usually bearing the load above it.
The upper beam of a door or window.
A beam (either concrete or steel) in masonry walls placed above doors, windows or openings to support masonry above.
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. In wood-frame construction, such a structural member is a wooden beam usually termed a "header," and is concealed inside the wall.
A stone beam or horizontal member spanning the top of an opening, such as a doorway or window, and supporting the wall above it.
Lintels are wood, steel, or reinforced concrete beams placed over both window and door openings to hold up the wall and roof above.
Wooden beam bridging window or door openings.
A small beam over a door or window.
horizontal support at top of door or window
Structural element across the top of a window. Stone or concrete in stone structure. Does not show in modern buildings because of siding cover.
The horizontal member that spans an opening.
A beam placed over an opening in a wall.
A beam with its ends resting on two posts, often over a wall opening such as a window or door.
The horizontal piece (usually of steel), which covers the openings of a door, window, or other opening to carry the weight of the walls above (usually masonry).
1. Horizontal beam, made of wood or stone, spanning the top of an opening (usually a window or doorway). 2. An upper horizontal element spanning a doorway or window, supported at each end by the upright jambs.
A horizontal beam placed over doors and windows for reinforcement.
Horizontal stone or beam bridging an opening.
A stone slab or wood or metal beam placed over an opening to bridge it and support the structure above.
horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
a horizontal supporting member above an opening such as a door or window
a horizontal top-piece over the doorway, which gives the opening the look
a structural element made from steel or concrete to support a wall over an opening
a support beam, made of wood, stone or other materials, holding up a door, window or another type of opening where one may decide to enter or not
the flat top of a doorway
Horizontal support above a door or window
The top piece over a door or window which supports walls above the opening.
short beam over a wall opening
Horizontal architectural member in wood or stone that supports the weight above an opening (fig.3, D).
Header; A beam placed perpendicular to wall studs above doors, windows or other openings to carry the weight of structural loads.
The top support above an opening such as a window. Lintels support the weight (load) of the building above an opening.
The horizontal head of an opening in a wall.
A load-bearing beam over an opening in masonry, such as a door or fireplace.
Concrete or steel beam over opening to support wall above
Horizontal structural element at the top of a window or door; it carries the load of the wall above and may be of wood, stone, or metal.
A horizontal beam over a doorway or other opening which supports the wall over it - see top of photo on left.
Horizontal support member in framing over a door or window opening; also called a “headerâ€.
(or Lintol) - A horizontal beam bridging an opening.
A horizontal framing member placed across the top of the rough opening of a window or door to prevent the weight of the wall or roof from resting on the window frame.
often called a cap, is a stone that supports the wall over a door or a window opening.
A stone across the top of two uprights like those on the sarsen circle and the trilithons at Stonehenge
A horizontal member of a home's frame that forms the top of a window or door opening.
The structural beam that supports a window or door opening.
Is a member positioned into a frame, (usually timber) which carries a load over an opening such as a window or large sliding door. The roof load above is transferred across the lintel and to the supporting frame on either side of the opening.
a sandstone crossbeam above a door or window. It supports the pediment over an entry door and is often heavily decorated.
Horizontal structural member that spans an opening
(6) -- a horizontal block or beam bridging a door or other opening (Pedley, 355)
The horizontal structural beam, spanning a door window, or space between columns that supports the structure above it.
A horizontal structural member (beam) that supports the load over an opening such as a door or window.
the horizontal (often rectangular) member above the portal and under the tympanum. It is almost always richly decorated
A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening.
The block of stone spanning the width of an opening such as a doorway or window. (Head)
A horizontal element of any material carried by two or more vertical supports to form an opening.
Horizontal section of timber, concrete or metal, installed to the top of a door- way or window opening, designed to support the structure above.
a horizontal beam that supports the weight of the wall above a window or door
Beam across a door or window made of concrete or steel and in older buildings stone. Wooden lintels can be very dangerous, however they can be used on internal walls (or the internal leaf of an external wall) when there is a (longer) wall plate running above. Wooden lintels are also the only choice for use above doors in studwork walls. See also catnic, RSJ.
A horizontal beam over an opening in a wall, either structural or decorative, such as seen capping window openings.
Horizontal structural beam of timber, stone, steel or concrete placed over window or door openings.
the horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.
A horizontal structural member, usually made of steel or sometimes stone, used to support the area of the wall above a window or door opening.
wooden beam or stone slab lying horizontally above a doorway (or window)
Horizontal member (wood, steel, or stone) over a window opening to support the weight of the wall above. A header.
a horizontal architectural member spanning and usually carrying the load above an opening such as a window or door
A horizontal beam used to support the wall over a door or window opening.
a horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening. Most often a door.
Horizontal element spanning a window or door.
Horizontal piece of wood/steel over an opening such as a window or door.
A horizontal supporting crosspiece over an opening.
The structural beam over a window or door opening. Also called a header.
A beam supporting the weight above a door or window opening.
A structural member placed over an opening or a recess in a wall and supporting construction above. Lintel may be of steel, precast concrete, reinforced masonry constrution. (UBC)
The metal bar or other non-combustible material that spans the top opening of the firebox.
the horizontal cross piece over a door, window, fireplace opening etc., see header. The lintel would be expected to support the horizontal section of a vertical or near vertical opening.
A unit spanning an opening and carrying the load of a wall above.
A single large stone, often inscribed, over the top of an entranceway.
A horizontal piece over a door or window that carries the weight of the structure above it.
A horizontal member above a window or door opening that supports the structure above.
A horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete or steel across the top of a door or window.
THE STRUCTURAL MEMBER OVER A DOOR OR WINDOW, USUALLY METAL, SUPPORTING THAT PART OF THE WALL STRUCTURE (USUALLY MASONRY) DIRECTLY OVER IT. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A HEADER, THOUGH IT DOES BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
The horizontal top piece of the window framework.
Structural member typically installed over a window or door opening in a masonry wall or above a fireplace. Usually concrete or steel.
A flat beam over wall openings. It was largely used by the Greeks and the Romans before the appearance of the semi-circular arch.
The sandstone block above doorways and windows, often intricately carved.
A horizontal structural member that supports a load over an opening such as a door or a window.
A horizontal structural member, such as a beam or stone, that spans the fireplace opening. Often found on larger fireplaces such as inglenooks.
The horizontal beam placed over an opening.
A beam of stone, wood or concrete placed over (and extending somewhat beyond) a window or door to support the wall above.
A beam of any material used to span an opening.
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.
A structural component or beam above a window or door opening that supports the wall above. Also referred to as a header.
a horizontal beam spanning an opening.
horizontal, weight-bearing crosspiece above door or window.
A horizontal member, spanning opening between columns or over a door, window, etc.
The horizontal structural member over an opening such as a door or window that supports any load from above.
The board that supports the load over an opening, such as a doorway.
A beam placed or constructed over a wall opening to carry the superimposed load.
Upper part of windows and doors which spans the jambs.