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Mullions

Scope note

Slender, vertical, usually nonstructural bars or piers forming a division between doors, screens, or lights of windows; for the small members that divide glazing areas and support the panes or the verticals that separate the panels in panel doors, use "muntins."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30003092

Broader Terms used

<opening components>

Equivalent Terms used

mullion

Created

13yrs ago

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