Hampshire Sash Window Services Glossary

Access/Weight pocket	The removable timber piece within the boxes giving access to the weights for re-cording. See diagram (23)
Back lining	See diagram (11)
Bevelled Face	See diagram (5)
Bottom Rail	The lowest element of the bottom sash See diagram (3)
Cill	The lower element of the box. See diagram (15)
Counter weight	See diagram (18)
Georgian windows
Glazing bar	Slender timber bars, with a decorative moulding on the inner face, that forms a grid-like framework that holds panes of glass within a timber window frame See diagram (7)
Horns	Small projecting spurs of timber on a sash window (hanging down from the top sash and projecting up from the bottom sash), introduced from the mid-19th century to strengthen the joints.
Inner lining	See diagram (8)
Meeting Rail	The horizontal part of a sash. See diagram (4)
Outer lining	See diagram (9)
Parting Bead	Traditionally a timber element Located between two sashes to keep them apart. See diagram (16)
Pulley lining	See diagram (10)
Pulley wheel	See diagram (20)
Sash	That part of a window frame that slides up or down, usually counterbalanced on weights. A sash window is a window that contains such sliding sashes.
Sash cord	See diagram (19)
Sash fastener	See diagram (21)
Soffit lining	See diagram (13)
Staff Bead or Stop Bead	The timber installed around the inside face of the box to retain the lower sash within the unit. See diagram (17)
Through Mortice & tenon joint	See diagram (6)
Top Rail	See diagram (2)
Vertical Stile	See diagram (1)