post and lintel

1. 1.

   a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel)

   Broaderstructure

Questions about post and lintel

What does post and lintel mean?

post and lintel means "a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel)".

Is post and lintel a common word?

post and lintel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.