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  • noun Plural form of muntin.

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Examples

  • While the Lucas and Spielberg Buildings 'deep eaves, tile roofs, belvedere and spacious courtyard hearken back to the vernacular manor houses of Tuscany, there's an unwieldy overlay, with classical egg-and-dart moldings mixing it up with pink, spiral-shafted Romanesque colonettes and Prairie Style-like window muntins.

    What George Lucas Wrought 2010

  • He knows what he wants, from the construction deadline to the double-paned windows with fake muntins.

    D.C. developer David von Storch is pumped to take fitness centers to a new level 2010

  • Snap in muntins and Ye Olde Porche Lighte don't make a cheap house into a Colonial cottage.

    trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2004

  • The light was sectioned by the muntins of the window sash, and the air it passed through was full of hovering dust motes.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • The light was sectioned by the muntins of the window sash, and the air it passed through was full of hovering dust motes.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • The sashes were heavy and glazed, with small squares of very inferior glass set in wide muntins.

    Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

  • Corinthian capitals, and pediments wrought with a wealth of Palladian detail, cut with much feeling, the muntins in the headlights being often carved into quaint and fantastic interfacings.

    Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

  • -- In the case of panelled rooms it is usually necessary to scribe the muntins (or uprights) to the skirting.

    Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham

  • The window-glass is larger and clearer, and is set in well-made sashes with light muntins carefully wrought by hand.

    Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

  • Over the seat is a mirror cut into small squares by wooden muntins.

    The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Harry Leon Wilson 1903

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