mullion
See also: Mullion
English
editEtymology
editAlteration of monial (“mullion”),[1] or metathesis of Middle English moyniel, both ultimately from[2] Old French moinel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmullion (plural mullions)
- (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
Derived terms
editTranslations
editvertical bar between the casements of a window
|
Verb
editmullion (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
edit- ^ 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
editGamilaraay
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editmullion
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ʌliən
- Rhymes:English/ʌliən/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Architectural elements
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Gamilaraay lemmas
- Gamilaraay nouns