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transom
[ tran-suhm ]
noun
- a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Also called transom light, a window above such a crosspiece.
- a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.
- a window so divided.
- 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.
- Artillery. a metal piece connecting the sidepieces of the tail or the cheeks of a gun carriage.
transom
/ ˈtrænsəm /
noun
- Also calledtraverse a horizontal member across a window Compare mullion
- a horizontal member that separates a door from a window over it
- the usual US name for fanlight
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈtransomed, adjective
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Other Words From
- transomed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transom1
C14: earlier traversayn , from Old French traversin , from traverse
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Example Sentences
News does not come over the transom; reporters have to work hard to get it.
From The Daily Beast
Plus, Con Ed gets first dibs on whatever comes over the transom.
From The Daily Beast
Instantly a sweet voice was heard through the open transom of the door behind which her thoughts were already concentrated.
From Project Gutenberg
No one knew when he slept, while curious whirring noises were heard over the transom after the fall of night.
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He had the Yankee body, lank and ribbed, and was so tall that his head seemed always looking over a transom.
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The transom was open, leaving an aperture of about three inches.
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Again Morgan lifted his eyes to the midnight orbs beyond the transom.
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