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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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Lexicographical Neighbors of Transom
Literary usage of Transom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"He •ays: " When the sash is opened in the Reiher transom not an ounce of its ...
The Reiher transom is provided at its lower end with a block which runs in ..."
2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"transom-FIXTURES. transoms over doors or windows may be hung either at the ...
If the transom is to be hinged it is generally best to put the hinges at the ..."
3. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by Master Car Builders' Association (1906)
"The body bolster is also sometimes called a transom or body transom, but incorrectly.
The term body transom is more properly limited, when used at all, ..."
4. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1903)
"The body bolster is also sometimes called a transom or body transom, but incorrectly.
The term body transom is more properly limited, when used at all, ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference by American Technical Society (1917)
"328 shows a double-hung window with a transom and a transom sash. A is the transom,
B is the transom light, C is the upper sash of the window proper, ..."
6. Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856: Report of Major Alfred by Alfred Mordecai, Julius Schön, Josiah Gorgas (1861)
"The rear transom is modified by reducing its greatest thickness to that of the
... In the chassis of the barbette carriage, the middle transom, instead of ..."
7. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Calvin A. Smith, Leander Garey, Matthias Nace Forney (1888)
"The body bolster is also sometimes called a transom or body-transom, but incorrectly.
The term body-transom is more properly limited, when used at all, ..."
8. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1879)
"transom. One or two horizontal cross-beams which are attached to the ...
transom Bearing-block. A piece of wood or iron placed on top of a transom, ..."
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