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transom
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transom
n.
crosspiece in a structure (across the top or middle of window, structural crosspiece in boat or bridge)
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Transom
Transom may refer to:
- Transom (architectural), a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door or window
- Transom (nautical), one of the beams running athwart the ship's hull at the fashion timbers, or the surface, often vertical, that forms the flat back panel of the stern of a vessel
- Operation Transom, a World War II bombing raid
- Transom knot, a simple lashing knot
- Tug Transom, a British daily comic strip
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transom
Noun
1. a window above a door and hinged to a transom
(synonym) transom window, fanlight
(hypernym) window
2. a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
(synonym) traverse
(hypernym) crosspiece
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Transom
(n.)
The vane of a cross-staff.
The vane of a cross-staff.
(n.)
The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
(n.)
One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
(n.)
One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.
One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.
(n.)
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. See Illust. of Mullion.
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. See Illust. of Mullion.
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