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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lintel \Lin"tel\ (l[i^]n"t[e^]l), n. [OF. lintel, F. linteau
LL lintellus for limitellus a dim. fr L. limes limit. See
{Limit}.] (Arch.)
A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the
superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting
crosswise fracture.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lintel
n : horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or
window [syn: {header}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
Lintel n. The emerging {Linux}/Intel alliance. This term
began to be used in early 1999 after it became clear that the {Wintel}
alliance was under increasing strain and Intel started taking stakes in
Linux companies.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lintel
(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.).
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