Jamb vs Lintel - What's the difference?
jamb | lintel |
(architecture, interior decorating, finish carpentry) The vertical components that form the sides of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace, or other opening in a wall.
(mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
(architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
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Lintel is a coordinate term of jamb.
Jamb is a coordinate term of lintel.
As nouns the difference between jamb and lintel
is that jamb is (architecture|interior decorating|finish carpentry) the vertical components that form the sides of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace, or other opening in a wall while lintel is (architecture) a horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.jamb
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* frameCoordinate terms
* lintel * sill ----lintel
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(en noun)- Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel .