Sentence:  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 <WSD>lintel</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.