Muntin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.

    "He looked for a bell but there were just the wires hanging from a hole so he tapped on the glass of the sidelights. They gave soft and soundless in their lead muntins."

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glazing barglazing bar

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"He looked for a bell but there were just the wires hanging from a hole so he tapped on the glass of the sidelights. They gave soft and soundless in their lead muntins."

Etymology

From Middle English mountaunt, from Old French montant, present participle of monter (“to put up”).

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