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)

Counterweight - See diagram (18)

Georgian windows

Glazing bar - Slender timber bars, with 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 box's inside face 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)