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- noun Plural form of
mullion .
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Examples
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Fragments of brick window frames (or "mullions"), diamond-shaped window glass and lead strips spoke of leaded glass windows set in brick plastered to look like stone.
Theorized Reconstruction of a 17th Century Jesuit Church in America 2009
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Previously, the board used the term "mullions," though the correct term is
unknown title 2009
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Like other buildings of the period, it has long, vertical windows with delicate mullions.
A Victorian fantasy, in stone Philip Kennicott 2011
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Chabon is a certified master of the language, taking the reader on sweeps and bounds through imagery set at a new level: “Thunder harried the building like a hound, brushing its crackling coat against the spandrels and mullions, snuffling all the windowpanes.”
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The main distinction in Mr. Stern's design is the inclusion of dozens of what he calls "dancing mullions."
A Home for Art That's Outside the Box Robbie Whelan 2011
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Chabon is a certified master of the language, taking the reader on sweeps and bounds through imagery set at a new level: “Thunder harried the building like a hound, brushing its crackling coat against the spandrels and mullions, snuffling all the windowpanes.”
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The heavy white mullions on the French doors might be prison bars keeping them from the bright world outside.
Religious Experiences William Meyers 2011
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The white window mullions are especially egregious in contrast to the rust, running red and staining sidewalks, cars and yoga mats.
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The strong dark mullions of the original tower are both contrasted against lighter travertine panels, and counterbalanced with a complementary palette of fumed oak, walnut, marble and bronze.
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The second 9. 7m high ‘Chinese lantern’ box is clad in dark glass and features applied aluminium mullions in a geometric pattern, whilst the third and final 12. 2m high box is clad in stone, in the colour of sand to blend in with its environs, in seemingly random grain patterns.
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