- post-and-lintel
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: of or relating to a system of architectural construction based on vertical supports and horizontal beams as distinguished from systems based on arches or vaults
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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Post and lintel — For lintel as a decorative element see Lintel (architecture) : For beam as load bearing member see beam Post and lintel (synonymous with Post and beam and also called an Architrave [cite web year= month=… … Wikipedia
POST-AND-LINTEL — The earliest, simplest method for spanning a space is the post and lintel system of upright posts to support a horizontal beam, called a lintel. The width of the lintel is limited not only by its tensile strength, but also by the length of the … Historical Dictionary of Architecture
post-and-lintel system — ▪ architecture in building construction, a system in which two upright members, the posts, hold up a third member, the lintel, laid horizontally across their top surfaces. All structural openings have evolved from this system, which is seen … Universalium
post and lintel — In architecture, the simplest and oldest way of constructing an opening. Two vertical structural members called posts were used to support a horizontal member called a lintel or beam, creating a covered space … Glossary of Art Terms
post and lintel — noun a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) • Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑construction … Useful english dictionary
post-and-beam system — In building construction, a system in which two upright members, the posts, hold up a third member, the beam, laid horizontally across their top surfaces. In Britain it is called post and lintel system, but in the U.S. lintel is usually reserved… … Universalium
post-and-beam construction — /poʊst ən ˈbim kənstrʌkʃən/ (say pohst uhn beem kuhnstrukshuhn) noun a constructional system in which the load is borne by the posts and beams, and not by the walls. Also, post and lintel construction …
Lintel (architecture) — A lintel is defined as a horizontal block that spans the space between two supports in classical western architecture. [cite web url=http://www.pitt.edu/ medart/menuglossary/lintel.htm title=Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture Lintel… … Wikipedia
Lintel (Osterholz-Scharmbeck) — Wappen Deutschlandkarte … Deutsch Wikipedia
lintel — [14] Lintel is the result of the blending of two Latin words: līmes ‘boundary’ (source of English limit) and līmen ‘threshold’ (source of English subliminal and possibly also of sublime). Līmen had a derived adjective, līmināris ‘of a threshold’ … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
