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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭn′tĕl)

Noun.

[OF.

lintel

, F.

linteau

, LL.

lintellus

, for

limitellus

, a dim. fr. L.

limes

limit. See

(Arch.)

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

Noun.

The head-piece of a door-frame or window-frame; the part of the frame that lies on the side-pieces. Ex. 41.