Category:Lintel

Lin"tel, n. Etym: [OE. lintel, F. linteau, LL. lintellus, for limitellus, a dim. fr. L. limes limit. See Limit.] (Arch.)

Defn: A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.

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Lintel - (1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Exodus 12:22, Exodus 12:23; Exodus 12:7, "upper door post," but R.V. "lintel"); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb. (2.) Heb. kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zephaniah 2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters," as in A.V. marg.).