WOOD DOORS & IRON DOORS TERMS

Framed and Paneled Wood Doors
Stiles, rails, and panels make up the frame of a framed and paneled door. Stiles are the outer vertical components. Rails run horizontally from stile to stile. Panels are the square or rectangular components contained by the frame.

Fingerplate
An ornamental plate fixed on or around the door handle or lock that saves the surface of the door from wear and dirt. These can be made from pressed steel, enameled copper, brass, glass, ceramic, and so on. Prestigious doors tend to have very decorative fingerplates

Frieze
A decorative embellishment over the doorway above the architrave but below the cornice. It might be carved from wood or stone or be made of plaster.

Frieze panels
The top panel of a six-panel wood doors; when the door has four rails, the panel nearest the frieze.

Fan light
The sash or window above the door transom. The name came about because some such windows were fan shaped.

Flat panel
A panel without molding or a raised field.