Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in a window.
- noun A vertical framing member set between two rails in a door or in paneling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The central vertical piece that divides the panels of a door.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) Same as
mullion ; -- especially used in joiner's work.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of the
separators betweenpanes ofglass in acomposite window .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The "muntin" is the upright between the two stiles.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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The bead moulding of the skirting is only partly removed, as indicated, leaving a solid portion to which the muntin is skew-nailed.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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It is used in knock-down furniture and in connecting a muntin to a rail, where it is desired that the muntin should run thru and also that the rail be continuous.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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The interior teems with antiquity: ornate plasterwork, a huge inglenook, stained glass, elaborate panelling and a plank and muntin screen.
Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk 2010
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The interior teems with antiquity: ornate plasterwork, a huge inglenook, stained glass, elaborate panelling and a plank and muntin screen.
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GRANTHAM farting bitch swing it stanky Muff G-town batty boy push farting bitch on swing bitch on swing grantham becki cloe sara gay batty boy kings school muntin stanky joanna sophie
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The interior teems with antiquity: ornate plasterwork, a huge inglenook, stained glass, elaborate panelling and a plank and muntin screen.
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The interior teems with antiquity: ornate plasterwork, a huge inglenook, stained glass, elaborate panelling and a plank and muntin screen.
Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk 2010
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I could probably write a short novel explaining what i've done, but basically i created 6 separate "visibility states" for each different muntin pattern.
knitandpurl commented on the word muntin
"And then came the mud. In it sloshed, through the broken windows. Thick mud, watery mud, rocky mud, mud with beveled-glass shards, mud with window muntins, mud with grass, mud with barbecue utensils, mud with a mosaic birdbath."
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, p 76
October 24, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word muntin
What stile!
October 25, 2013