mullion

See also: Mullion

English
A mullioned window.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌliən/
  • Rhymes: -ʌliən

Noun

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

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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
  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.

Anagrams

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

Noun

mullion

  1. wedge-tailed eagle, eaglehawk
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