lintel

kamana puhekieltä A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
1915, w:W. Somerset Maugham|W.S. Maugham, "s:Of Human Bondage/Chapter LXXXVII|Of Human Bondage":

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.