tran·som

(trăn′səm)

a. A horizontal crosspiece over a door or between a door and a window above it.

b. A small hinged window above a door or another window.

2. A horizontal dividing bar of wood or stone in a window.

3. A lintel.

4. Nautical

a. The stern of a square-sterned boat or ship.

b. Any of several transverse beams affixed to the sternpost of a wooden ship and forming part of the stern.

c. The aftermost transverse structural member in a steel ship, including the floor, frame, and beam assembly at the sternpost.

5. The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.

Idiom:

over the transom

Without being agreed to; unsolicited: They even publish a few manuscripts that come in over the transom.

[Middle English traunsom, probably alteration of Latin trānstrum, cross-beam, from trāns, across; see trans-.]

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transom

(ˈtrænsəm)

1. (Building) Also called: traverse a horizontal member across a window. Compare mullion

2. (Building) a horizontal member that separates a door from a window over it

3. (Building) the usual US name for fanlight

4. (Nautical Terms) nautical

a. a surface forming the stern of a vessel, either vertical or canted either forwards (reverse transom) or aft at the upper side

b. any of several transverse beams used for strengthening the stern of a vessel

[C14: earlier traversayn, from Old French traversin, from traverse]

ˈtransomed adj

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tran•som

(ˈtræn səm)

n.

1. a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.

2. a window above such a crosspiece.

3. a crossbar dividing a window horizontally.

a. a flat termination to the stern of a ship, above the water line.

b. any of the transverse beams attached to the sternpost of a ship that strengthen the stern.

[1325–75; late Middle English traunsum, traunsom, Middle English transyn, probably alter. of traversayn < Old French traversin crosspiece, derivative of travers breadth; see traverse]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	transom - a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door fanlight, transom window window - a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
	2.	transom - a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it traverse crosspiece - a transverse brace

Translations

kamanaperäpeili

imposte vasistas

architrave traversa

transom

[ˈtrænsəm] N (Archit) (across window) → travesaño m (US) (= window) → montante m de abanico, abanico m

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transom

n (= transom window) → Oberlicht nt; (= cross-piece) → Querbalken m

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transom

[ˈtrænsəm] n → traversa

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Here, then, I'll seat me, against the transom, in the ship's full middle, all her keel and her three masts before me.

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The ascent into the tower is by an exceeding deep flight of steep steps, four feet and a half wide, on the south side leading to a low doorway, over which is a circular arch crossed by a great transom stone.

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seated on the transom was what seemed to me a most uncommon and surprising figure.

But to my astonishment, he sat down again on the transom very quietly, and seemed to have not the slightest intention of withdrawing.

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Anson Kirkpatrick mounted a chair and peeped over the transom. Springing down, he wrenched open the doors and ran out into the dining-room.

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