In a panel door the construction consists of vertical lengths of wood called stiles and horizontal lengths of wood called rails.
Panel door meaning.
See the right door in the image above.
There is another form if this where it shows it is on the bottom.
The bottom part represents an open bible.
Definition of panel door.
A comparatively thin flat piece of wood or the like as a large piece of plywood.
A door having panels framed by stiles and rails of greater thickness compare flush door.
The cross the bible the top.
The 6 panel door.
Generally panel door comes in following types.
See the image above the left door.
If you look at it it does look like a cross.
A style of door construction that features vertical wood stiles and horizontal rails that form one or more frames around thinner recessed inner panels.
Thus the cross bible or christian door.
Frame and panel construction also called rail and stile is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors wainscoting and other decorative features for cabinets furniture and homes.
The flat panels of the door fit between its stiles and rails.
The top part represent a cross.
A stile is a length of wood positioned vertically on a door.
Doors usually have between one and eight.
If you look at a photo of a 6 panel door you can easily see how the framing of the top 4 panels resembles a cross.
In the most basic sense the difference between a panel door and a flush door has to do with how each is constructed.
Noun a distinct portion section or division of a wall wainscot ceiling door shutter fence etc especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
The basic idea is to capture a floating panel within a sturdy frame as opposed to techniques used in making a slab solid wood cabinet door or drawer front the door is constructed of several solid wood pieces running in a vertical or horizontal direction with exposed endgrains.
Rails are lengths of wood that run horizontally across a door.
Panel doors are and have been very popular for quite some time.
Each of these panels will fit together in order to create the finished door.
Alternatively a flush door has a flat smooth surface without the elaborate design work of a panel door.
And with perhaps a lot more imagination you can visualize the 2 smaller panels at the bottom as the pages of an open bible.