See the right door in the image above.
Panel door meaning.
Rails are lengths of wood that run horizontally across a door.
A stile is a length of wood positioned vertically on a door.
Generally panel door comes in following types.
The flat panels of the door fit between its stiles and rails.
Each of these panels will fit together in order to create the finished door.
Definition of panel door.
A panel door constructed with panels usually shaped to a pattern installed between the stiles and rails that form the outside frame of the door.
A door having panels framed by stiles and rails of greater thickness compare flush door.
The 6 panel door.
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.
There is another form if this where it shows it is on the bottom.
Alternatively a flush door has a flat smooth surface without the elaborate design work of a panel door.
See the image above the left door.
A comparatively thin flat piece of wood or the like as a large piece of plywood.
Doors usually have between one and eight.
In the most basic sense the difference between a panel door and a flush door has to do with how each is constructed.
A style of door construction that features vertical wood stiles and horizontal rails that form one or more frames around thinner recessed inner panels.
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.
Their name essentially tells you what they are the door is crafted not of one single piece of wood or other material but instead is comprised of panels.
Panel doors are and have been very popular for quite some time.
The bottom part represents an open bible.
In a panel door the construction consists of vertical lengths of wood called stiles and horizontal lengths of wood called rails.
And with perhaps a lot more imagination you can visualize the 2 smaller panels at the bottom as the pages of an open bible.
The top part represent a cross.
If you look at it it does look like a cross.
The cross the bible the top.
Thus the cross bible or christian door.