Transom

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
  • (n.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
  • (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.
  • (n.) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.

Compare transom with other words:

ransom vs. transom

clerestory vs. transom

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tiller vs. transom

gallows vs. transom

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cross vs. transom

stern vs. transom

thwart vs. transom

ship vs. transom

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transom vs. transverse

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bar vs. transom

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lintel vs. transom

horizontal vs. transom

crosspiece vs. transom

door vs. transom