Mullion Definition

mŭlyən
mullions
noun
A slender, vertical dividing bar between the lights of windows, doors, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
To furnish with or divide by mullions.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mullion

Noun

Singular:
mullion
Plural:
mullions

Origin of Mullion

  • Alteration of Middle English moniel from Anglo-Norman moynel perhaps from moienel middle from moien from Latin mediānus from medius medhyo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Corruption of munnion, French moignon (“stump of an amputated limb, stump").

    From Wiktionary

Mullion Sentence Examples

  • The Jesse window in the choir of Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, is remarkable in that the tree forms the central mullion, and many of the figures are represented as statuettes on the branches of the upper tracery; other figures are in the stained glass; the whole gives a beautiful example of the combination of glass and carved stonework in one design.

  • The top story contains a large pointed window on each side with a central mullion.

  • They have a floating mullion fixed to one door sash, which allows the total aperture to be a clear opening with no obstructions.

  • First floor has a molded mullion and transom window with hood mold.

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

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Words Starting With

MMUMUL

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With M and Ending With N

Starts With M & Ends With NStarts With MU & Ends With NStarts With M & Ends With ON

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With M7 Letter Words Ending With N