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noun
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
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Lintel
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
lintel
early 14c., from O.Fr. lintel "threshold," probably from V.L. *limitaris "threshold," from L. limitaris (adj.) "that is on the border," from limes (gen. limitis) "border, boundary" (see limit). Altered by influence of Latin limen "threshold."
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Lintel definition
(1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 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; Zeph. 2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters," as in A.V. marg.).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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