Astragal

[slemslempike]

I used to write down new-to-me words when I encountered them in books to look up later, and sometimes posted lists of what I had learned. I've sort of fallen out of the habit, but recently I learned the words "architrave" - the horiztonal top of the frame around a door or window - and "astragal", which is the bit on a pair of doors that overlaps one to the other, so they have to be closed in a specific order. I really like these words, but I don't think I'll get to use them often, which is why I'm posting. We have astragals at work, actually, but there's never really any need to talk about them. I draw the line at trapping my fingers so that if asked what happened I can say it happened in an astragal. Anyone learned any words recently?

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[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like ullage. It is very satisfying to say.

Astragal does sound nautical. When I googled for it it was quite specific about shapes and the like, but my dad is in construction and says they use it more broadly there.