Millwork Glossary

ASTRAGALS	T - astragals go between two doors. One side is fixed, the door shuts on the other side. (straight astragals are in the planton section)
BACKOUTS	Relieves the back of the wood to help with cupping and warping. Allows for airflow.
BAR RAIL	A rail set along outside edge of a bar. Your arms rest on this.
BASE	Installs on bottom of the wall. Butts into the Casing.
BASE CAP	A Smaller piece to added onto an existing base, used to make Base height/design more extravagant.
BASE SHOE	Goes along the bottom of the base. Would cover any gaps between base and an uneven floor.
BED MOULDS	Similar to Crowns, but used mainly on furniture.
BEVELS	Bevels for Crowns and Champhers, zero to ninety degrees.
BRICK MOULDS	Goes outside the Main Entrance of a door. Butts brick or stucco to jambs
CAPS	Anything used to go over an existing piece, like joints between two handrails, or the cap of a wall, etc.
CASE	Framework that goes around a door or window (all symmetrical cases are in the Chair Rail section).
CHAIR RAIL	Pieces to go about half-way up the wall. Used chair back height to protect wall from chair damage.
CORNERS	Any corner pieces, radius or sharps, to cover corners
CORNICE	Pieces used in stacking multiple patterns on top of each other, Hides curtain rods, hooks ect.
COVES	Similar to Crowns, but nearly symmetrical
CROWN	Mouldings that connect the ceiling and wall. Upper most part of a room. Bevels set height & projection.
DADOS	Various widths and depths of plows.
DENTIL	Used underneath a crown, to make crown height/design more extravagant.
DOOR COPE	Any type of door stile within a rail door. Stiles are the vertical sections in a door, rails are the horizontal section.
DOOR RAIL	Used for Cabinetry stile & rail doors. Kitchen cabinets, etc.
EDGES	Profiles that run from the side cutter head in a moulder.
FLOOR RAIL	Spindles from a handrail sit inside this and it is secured to floor.
FLUTED	A type of casing used with Plinth blocks, and Rosettes
FULL ROUNDS	Complete circular pieces.
HALF ROUNDS	Half circular pieces.
HAND RAIL	Hand Rails are what we grab onto in stairways, hallways, ect.
JAMBS	Between the casings on insides of the doorway. Some with grooves are for use with a piece of weather stripping. There are both exterior & interior types of jambs.
MULLIONS	A slender vertical dividing bar between the lights of windows, screens, etc.
NOSING	Stair edges or counter-top edges, Bullnose's. Any piece used on the face of an edge.
OGEE	Double curve, 1/4 of each circle on a tangent, to form like a "S" many different uses for these patterns
PANEL MOULDS	Any mould with a rabbited edge to go around a panel.
PICTURE FRAME	Mouldings used to make a picture frame.
PLANT ON	A wood piece of moulding placed on top of an existing piece of wood, to add to the design.
PLINTH BLOCK	Goes around the bottom of the doorway, column, or pier. Used with base to increase spread/decoration of area.
RABBETS	One-sided plow. Various sizes.
RADIUS	Anything with a know radius. Corners, etc.
RAISED PANEL	Decorative edges given to panels to make them seem inlaid in a door, cabinet, or wall section. Popular in stile & rail doors.
SCRIBE	Thin pieces of wood used between cabinetry and walls to hide gaps.
SHIPLAPS	Typically used for siding. Any wood pieces that overlap one another, without a tongue and grove joint.
SHUTTER PARTS	All components related to shutters.
SILLS	Wood going between windows or doorway pieces.
STOPS	Stops for windows, doors or inlaid glass pieces.
TONGUE AND GROOVE	Wood pieces with a tongue and grove joint.
TRIM	All miscellaneous pieces.