WOOD DOORS & IRON DOORS TERMS

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Meeting stiles
The two middle or mating stiles in a pair of double doors or in a double-margin door.

Miter
A joint in which two components are fitted at an angle other than a right angle. In the context of doors, the simple 45-degree miter-used for fitting panel moldings-is most common.

Match boards
Battens and boards worked with tongues and grooves on the edges, so that they can be slotted together.

Mortise
Diminished stile mortise and tenon Stiles that are reduced in width above the level of the lock rail (in doors that are glazed above the rail) are termed diminished stiles or gunstock stiles. The difficulty with diminished stiles has to do with cutting the tenons and the shoulders on the lock rail.