fixing

any item that is used to secure members of a window assembly to each other, secure an item of hardware to a window member or secure a completed window assembly into the building structure

<hardware> devices such as screws, bolts and anchors used to fix supports to a building or other structure

<window> any item that is used to secure members of a window assembly to each other, to secure an item of hardware to a window member, or to secure a completed window assembly into the building structure

operation of jointing one component to another

<masonry> general term for the range of cramps, dowels or and other metal ties used to fix masonry permanently to a backing material
See also: masonry cramp; stone-veneer construction; wall tie