Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in a window.
- n. A vertical framing member set between two rails in a door or in paneling.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The central vertical piece that divides the panels of a door.
Wiktionary
- n. One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Arch.) Same as mullion; -- especially used in joiner's work.
Etymologies
- Middle English mountaunt, upright post or stud, from Old French montant, from present participle of monter, to mount; see mount1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The "muntin" is the upright between the two stiles.”
“The bead moulding of the skirting is only partly removed, as indicated, leaving a solid portion to which the muntin is skew-nailed.”
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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.”
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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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“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.”
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