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Definitions for Transom
[1] a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
[2] Also called transom light, transom window. a window above such a crosspiece.
[3] a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.
[4] a window so divided.
[5] Nautical . a flat termination to a stern, above the water line. framework running athwartships in way of the sternpost of a steel or iron vessel, used as a support for the frames of the counter.
[6] Artillery . a metal piece connecting the sidepieces of the tail or the cheeks of a gun carriage.
[7] Also called: traverse a horizontal member across a window Compare mullion
[8] a horizontal member that separates a door from a window over it
[9] the usual US name for fanlight
[10] nautical a surface forming the stern of a vessel, either vertical or canted either forwards (reverse transom ) or aft at the upper side any of several transverse beams used for strengthening the stern of a vessel
Words nearby Transom
transmutation, transmute, transnational, transnet, transoceanic, transom, transom window, transonic, transonic barrier, transp., transpacific
Origin of Transom
1325–75; late Middle English traunsum, traunsom, Middle English transyn, probably alteration (by association with trans-) of traversayn < Old French traversin crosspiece, derivative of travers breadth; see traverse
Other words from Transom
tran·somed , adjective
Word origin for Transom
C14: earlier traversayn , from Old French traversin , from traverse