(1.) Hebrews mashkoph, a projecting cover (Exodus 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.) Hebrews kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zephaniah 2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters, " as in A.V. marg.).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

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