mullion
English
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)
- (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
vertical bar between the casements of a window
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Verb
mullion (third-person singular simple present mullions, present participle mullioning, simple past and past participle mullioned)
- (transitive) To shape into divisions by means of mullions.
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ “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