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Definition of Transom window
1. Noun. A window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transom Window
Literary usage of Transom window
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tenement House Problem: Including the Report of the New York State by New York (State). Tenement House Commission, Lawrence Veiller, Robert Weeks De Forest (1903)
"... a ventilating or transom window, having an opening or area of three square
feet, over the door leading into and connected with the adjoining room, ..."
2. The Country House: A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of by Charles Edward Hooper (1905)
"Staff bend The "transom" window is constructed somewhat on the lines of the cellar
... The pitch to the sill of a transom window should be fairly quick, ..."
3. Framing: A Practical Manual of Approved Up-to-date Methods of House Framing by William A. Radford (1917)
"transom window-Frame. Fig. 29 shows a detail of a transom window-frame, allowing
for a three-inch bar with hinged transom light. This has the appearance of ..."
4. Sybaris and Other Homes by Edward Everett Hale (1869)
"... a ventilating or transom window, having an opening or area of three square
feet, over the door leading into and connected with the adjoining room, ..."
5. The Housing of the Working People by Elgin Ralston Lovell Gould (1895)
"... a ventilating or transom window, having an opening or area of three square
feet over the door leading into and connected with the adjoining room, ..."
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