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Definition of Transom
1. Noun. A window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door.
2. Noun. A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it.
Definition of Transom
1. 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.
Definition of Transom
1. Noun. A crosspiece over a door; a lintel. ¹
2. Noun. A small hinged window above a door or another window. ¹
3. Noun. A horizontal dividing bar in a window. ¹
4. Noun. (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart. ¹
5. Noun. (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship. ¹
6. Noun. The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows. ¹
7. Noun. (figuratively usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Transom
1. a small window above a door or another window [n -S]
Medical Definition of Transom
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1. 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.
2. One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; called also transsummer.
3. The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
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