Glossary
Bifold - panels that hinge together and fold into themselves Bipass - panels that run on separate tracks and pass by each other Bird - a common type of detail often used for hanging strips and panel designs Button/Scribe - a finishing piece of molding often used to trim out a shutter's framework Bullnose - a rounded type of framing detail Chamfer - a "V" shaped cut along the edge of two boards Divider Rail - a horizontal section of wood that divides a panel into two separate operational parts (louvres only) Double Hung - a shutter that has been built with two separately operating top and bottom sections (louvres and panels) Finger Joint - a joint used to produce long lumber from many smaller pieces of lumber Frame - the structural portion (hanging strips) of a shutter that actually attaches to the walls of the house Inside Mount - an installation inside the plane of the window Louvre - the moveable portion of the shutter panel that regulates the amount of view and light (slats) Mortise - meeting stiles of higher quality panels, the routed part of a panel that accommodates the hinges Ogee - an "S" type of framing detail Outside Mount - an installation outside the plane of the window opening, typically .5 inch around the window on the wall itself Pass through - an opening between two rooms Poplar - extremely dense, unstable, multicolored hardwood Rabbit - the overlapping portion of a shutter panel Rail - horizontal structural portion of the shutter panel (sides) Rake Top - an angled top window - often slopes with the angle of the roof of the home. Raised Panel - a portion of a shutter panel that has been made solid to look like a door panel Stile - vertical structural portion of shutter panel (sides) Sunburst - an arched shutter with louvres that taper from a center point outward; cresting a sunburst type of appearance Tilted - mechanism used to adjust louvre position . |