Lintel

Noun

 * 1)  A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.

Steel

1. A horizontal steel member spanning an opening to support the load above

Coordinate terms

 * jamb
 * sill

Thesaurus
French door, archway, back door, barway, bulkhead, carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, front door, gate, gatepost, gateway, hatch, hatchway, porch, portal, porte cochere, postern, propylaeum, pylon, scuttle, side door, stile, storm door, threshold, tollgate, trap, trap door, turnpike, turnstile

Etymology
From lyntel:, from  lintel:, from  limitaris:

Translations

 * Czech:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: dyratré,  ofdyri
 * Norwegian:, , , ,


 * Polish: nadproże
 * Russian: притолока
 * Serbo-Croatian: greda, nadvratnik
 * Spanish: ,

Anagrams

 * lentil, tellin'