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mullion

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mul·lion  (mlyn)
n.
A vertical member, as of stone or wood, dividing a window or other opening.
[Alteration of Middle English moniel, from Anglo-Norman moynel, perhaps from moienel, middle, from moien, from Latin medinus, from medius; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]
mullioned (mlynd) adj.
mullion
Noun
a slender vertical bar between the casements or panes of a window [Old French moinel]
mullioned adj
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Noun1.mullionmullion - a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen)
strip, slip - artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
window - a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
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It was the work of a moment to tear the sheets from the bed, to tie the two ends together and a third round the mullion by which the larger window was bisected.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
A few miserable, greenish hovels, hanging over the water in front of these sumptuous Hôtels, did not prevent one from seeing the fine angles of their façades, their large, square windows with stone mullions, their pointed porches overloaded with statues, the vivid outlines of their walls, always clear cut, and all those charming accidents of architecture, which cause Gothic art to have the air of beginning its combinations afresh with every monument.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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