This front offers a happy combination of horizontal members in the French style with the German principle of daring height.

Exception: In case of the letter A, the horizontal member is drawn below geometric center axis.

The vertical members of the frame are called stiles while the horizontal members are known as rails.

In 1958 there was a new grille featuring multiple round "cleats" at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical members.

The sails include several horizontal members, called "battens", which provide shape and strength.

A plate or wall plate is a horizontal, structural member in wooden building framing.

The term sill may also refer to the horizontal member that forms the bottom piece of a window frame.

The bottom of a window frame has a horizontal member called the rough sill.

The horizontal member of the A-frame also makes a convenient springing point for a deck such as a table-top.

A collar beam or collar is a horizontal member between two rafters and are very common in domestic roof construction.