Appliqué
Ornamental
wood, either carved or moulded, placed on another
piece of wood without structural significance.
Back Band
A rabbetted moulding used to surround
the outside edge of casing.
Base Cap
A decorative member installed flush
against the wall and the top of an S4S baseboard. Also
a versatile panel moulding.
Base Moulding
A band of moulding around the
bottom of a wall at the floor line
Casing
Molding or framing applied to the framework
of doors and windows.
Corbel
A decorative bracket made of wood or
stone
Cornice
The uppermost section of moulding
along the top of a wall.
Crown Molding
A molding where the wall and
ceiling meet; uppermost molding along furniture
or cabinetry
Dentil
A series of small square blocks uniformly
spaced and projecting like teeth. Often used
in a cornice or mantel treatment.
Factory or Shop Lumber An industrial lumber
grade primarily used for millwork.
Finger Jointed
Mouldings, windows and doors
are manufactured from factory or shop lumber
grades.
Fillet
A narrow band of wood between two flutes
in a wood member; a flat, square moulding separating
other mouldings.
Grain
An arrangement and direction of alignment
for wood elements or fibers; can be straight
or spiral grain; also used loosely to indicate
texture.
Half Round
A moulding whose profile is half
a circle. May be used as a screen moulding
or bead, shelf edge or panel mould.
Hardwood
The close-grained wood from broad-leaved
trees such as oak or maple.
Jambs
The wood that
surrounds the door unit. This is your frame
to which the door unit (door, doors, and/or
doors and sidelights) is attached.
Lip Moulding
A moulding designed to cover
the exposed edge of another surface.
Millwork
Finished woodwork, cabinetry, carving,
etc
Moulding or Molding
A general term for strip
of contoured wood or other material applied
to a wall or other surface.
Panel Divider
A moulding which separates two
vertical wood panels along their common edges.
Picture Moulding
A moulding which bands a
room below the ceiling line, typically with
a lip on the top edge so pictures may be hung
from the moulding.
Plate Rail
A decorative shelf banding a room
below the ceiling line with a groove in the
top to stand ornamental plates on.
Quarter Round
Versatile quarter round may
be used as a base shoe, inside corner moulding
or to cover any 90 degree recessed junctures.
Raised Moulding
A moulding not on the same
level or plane as the wood member to which
it is applied.
Scotia
A concave molding.
Shingle/Panel Mould
A decorative pattern,
originally used to trim out raised panel wall
construction.
Softwood
Easily worked wood or wood from a
conebearing tree.
Solid Moulding
Non-finger-jointed mouldings;
solid length.
Specialty Millwork
Millwork manufactured by
special order to suit a particular job.
Specified Lengths
Mouldings sold and shipped
in lengths specified by the customer such as
all 7 and/or 14-feet, 8 and/or 16-feet, all
8-feet, etc.
Stool
A moulded interior trim member serving
as a sash or window frame sill cap.
Tear Drop
A term given to mouldings with a
gradual curved profile.
Torus
A large bead; opposite of scotia; rope like moulding.
Wainscot
Covers and beautifies plywood's/wainscot's upper edge or rough sandwich
edge in installation where it is exposed to view. |