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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 735 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LINTEL (0. Fr. lintel, mod. linteau, from
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Late
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Lat. limitellum, limes, boundary, confused in sense with limen,
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threshold; the Latin name is supercilium, Ital. soprasogli, and Ger. Stutz)  , in
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architecture, a
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horizontal piece of
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stone or
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timber over a
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door-way or opening, provided to carry the superstructure . In
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order to relieve the
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lintel from too
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great a pressure a " discharging
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arch " is generally built over it .

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