mullion

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English

A mullioned window.

Etymology

Altered from monial (mullion),[1] or a metathesis of Middle English moyniel, itself from the same source as the former.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

mullion (plural mullions)

  1. (architecture) A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.
    Coordinate term: transom
    Hyponyms: glazing bar, muntin

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

mullion (third-person singular simple present mullions, present participle mullioning, simple past and past participle mullioned)

  1. (transitive) To shape into divisions by means of mullions.

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  2. ^ mullion”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams


Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

Noun

mullion

  1. wedge-tailed eagle, eaglehawk