mullion
mullion. Vertical post between the lights of a window or screen. Stone and timber mullions are usually moulded. Square timber mullions set diagonally on plan in a medieval aperture are called diamond mullions, while windows with four or more lights may have subsidiary mullions subdividing the window into lights and larger mullions corresponding to the aperture proper called king-mullions.
mullion
mul·lion / ˈməlyən/ • n. a vertical bar between the panes of glass in a window. Compare with transom.DERIVATIVES: mul·lioned adj.
mullion
mullion (archit.) vertical bar dividing the lights of a window. XVI. metathetic alt. of ME. munial, MONIAL, as the contemp. munnion is an assim. form (n … l to n … n).
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