Lintel vs Purlin - What's the difference?
lintel | purlin |
(architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
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As a proper noun lintel
is (computing) the computing environment of the (linux) operating system running on an intel cpu; mostly in a server.As a noun purlin is
a longitudinal structural member two or more rafters of a roof.lintel
English
Noun
(en noun)- Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel .