mullioned

Split by stone

Mullioned describes windows or openings divided by vertical bars called mullions—slender structural elements that separate panes of glass.

The term appears almost exclusively in architectural description: mullioned windows, a mullioned bay window.

Tudor and Gothic buildings typically feature mullioned windows with stone or wooden dividers.

architecture

tracery

Decorative branching stonework

lancet · ogee · rose-window · oriel · transom · casement · fanlight · Tudor · Elizabethan · perpendicular

window

bay

Partially enclosed water

  • orielProjecting upper-story window
  • casementHinged swinging window
  • dormerProjecting rooftop window structure

clerestory · lancet · arched · pointed · trefoil · quatrefoil · cinquefoil · cusped · dripstone · embrasure

structure

stone

Solid earth fragment

iron · bronze · carved · turned · molded · chamfered · rebated · vertical · slender · clustered

glazing

leaded

Containing heavy metal strips

beveled · rectangular · lozenge · bull's-eye · rondel · came · glazier · putty · leading · translucent

Opposites
window structure

mullionedundivided

Not separated into parts

unpartitioned · plate glass · picture window · unbroken · seamless

Family

mullion, mullions

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G