transom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
A transom window.
Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
Items that have arrived over the transom.

/ˈtɹæn.səm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transom.wav

transom transoms

From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”).

fortochka

over the transom transom window a hinged glassed frame above such a crossbar

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