See also: Mullion

English edit

 
A mullioned window.

Etymology edit

Alteration of monial (mullion),[1] or metathesis of Middle English moyniel, both ultimately from[2] Old French moinel.

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mullion (plural mullions)

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

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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 edit

  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.

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mullion

  1. wedge-tailed eagle, eaglehawk