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noun

Transom n.

(Arch.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening.

(Naut.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; called also transsummer.

(Gun.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.

(Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff.

(Railroad) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.

Transom knees (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers.

Transom window. (Arch.)

(a)

A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms.

(b)

A window over a door, with a transom between.

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Etymology of 'Transom'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Transom" Quotes from Famous Books

... Seated on the transom was what seemed to me a most uncommon and surprising figure. It turned out to be Captain Bildad, who along with Captain Peleg was one of the largest owners of the vessel; the other shares, as is sometimes the case in these ports, being held by a crowd of old annuitants; widows, ...

— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville

... a zouave drill on the foot of the bed. That made me sour, for I don't feel like a military pageant, so I lift up my foot and kick them out on the floor. The soldiers don't say a word, but jump up and climb out through the transom. In about five minutes the door opens and in marches the whole army, all about six inches high. Gee, there must have been a million of them, for all I could see was blue pants and red coats. I'm lying there on the bed, taking it all in, when up rides a dinky little officer ...

— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey

... which was a deep window. The shutters were tightly closed, and, concealing himself behind the heavy curtains, he awaited developments. He was now directly opposite the door of the parlor, and through the partially open transom he could hear the imperious tones of Mrs. LaGrange and the soft, insinuating accents of Hobson. For a while he was unable to distinguish a word, but the variations in Hobson's tones indicated that he was not seated, but walking back and ...

— That Mainwaring Affair • Maynard Barbour

... they sat down on the cushioned transom; the servant placing a pillow behind his master. The long continuance of the calm had now affected the atmosphere. Don Benito sighed heavily, as if ...

— The Piazza Tales • Herman Melville

... upon the pavement, when a young man proceeded uncertainly along Gissing Street, stopping now and then to look at shop windows as though doubtful of his way. At the warm and shining face of a French rotisserie he halted to compare the number enamelled on the transom with a memorandum in his hand. Then he pushed on for a few minutes, at last reaching the address he sought. Over the entrance his eye ...

— The Haunted Bookshop • Christopher Morley

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