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manteltree

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man⋅tel⋅tree

  [man-tl-tree]
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–noun
1. a wooden or stone lintel over the opening of a fireplace.
2. a masonry arch used in place of such a lintel.
Also, mantletree.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see mantel, tree
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man·tel·tree   (mān'tl-trē')   
n.  A beam, a stone, or an arch that functions as a lintel on a fireplace, supporting the masonry above.

[Middle English mantiltre : mantle, mantle; see mantle + tre, beam; see tree.]
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