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mullion Definition

mul·lion (mul′yən)

noun

a slender, vertical dividing bar between the lights of windows, doors, etc.

Etymology: prob. altered < OFr moienel < moien, median < L medianus, middle: see mid

transitive verb

to furnish with or divide by mullions

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mullion Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • expose: Character features include exposed stone mullions, exposed beams, stripped wooden paneled doors and exposed stone walls.
  • replace: Belfry light as on east tho jambs and mullions probably replaced; one gargoyle.
  • have: They have a floating mullion fixed to one door sash, which allows the total aperture to be a clear opening with no obstructions.
  • include: A bay window is a multi faceted structure including mullions.
  • mold: First floor has a molded mullion and transom window with hood mold.
  • flank: Aboyne Stained Glass, War Memorial An ornate memorial setting of stained glass and elaborate stone mullions flanked by the rolls of honor.

Converse of subject

  • divide: Above this are paired bell-openings, tall, each divided by a slender mullion, with a cusped circle at the head.

Adjective modifier

  • central: The top story contains a large pointed window on each side with a central mullion.
  • light: Central bay is a full height canted bay window beneath an embattled parapet, with 5 light mullions.
  • wooden: On the north side of the nave was a building with square-headed windows and wooden mullions, apparently c.
  • slender: A number of tenements have bay windows with slender stone mullions.
  • plain: Items to note are: The window of Hall shows the tracery that Dawkes added to the plain mullions in 1846.
  • vertical: The east window is like those of the south wall, but larger and divided into three lights by two vertical mullions.

Modifies a noun

  • window: BEDROOM 3: Down lighters on dimmer switch, BT point, radiator & stone mullion window to rear.
  • stone: All the dressings are in yellow sandstone and some mullion stones have already been renewed.

Noun used with modifier

  • stone: BEDROOM 3: Down lighters on dimmer switch, BT point, radiator & stone mullion window to rear.
  • window: Open timber frame with pierced balusters for window mullions in the side walls.
  • oak: The 17th century oak mullion windows will be restored by Adrian Fielding Carpentry.
  • light: Right hand bay is recessed and contains a single 2 light mullion: arched lights beneath a squared hoodmould.

Preposition: in

  • sandstone: West wall:- a four-light window as on the north side, all its tracery renewed and its mullions in deep red sandstone.