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Definition of Transom

Transom
Transom Tran"som, n. [Probably fr. L. transtrum a crossbeam, transom, from trans across. Cf. Trestle.] 1. (Arch.) 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. 2. (Naut.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer. 3. (Gun.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages. 4. (Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff. --Chambers. 5. (Railroad) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other. Transom knees (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers. Transom window. (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. (b) A window over a door, with a transom between.

Meaning of Transom from wikipedia

- Look up transom or transoms in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transom may refer to: Transom (architecture), a bar of wood or stone across the top of...
- In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel. Historically, they are a development from...
- member. Transom or transom window is also the customary U.S. word used for a transom light, the window over this crosspiece. In Britain, the transom light...
- The transom located at the base of the stern, and the uppermost of the main transoms, was typically called the wing transom; the prin****l transom below...
- The transom knot is a simple lashing knot used to secure two linear objects, such as spars, at right angles to each other. While often described in relation...
- Operation Transom was an attack by Allied forces against the ****anese-occupied city of Surabaya on the Indonesian island of Java during World War II....
- Tug Transom is a British daily comic strip written by Peter O'Donnell and drawn by Alfred Sindall. It ran in the Daily Sketch from 1954 to 1968. The strip...
- windows, tilt, and slide windows (often door-sized), tilt and turn windows, transom windows, sidelight windows, jalousie or louvered windows, clerestory windows...
- upright component with connector joins. The ledger, a horizontal brace. The transom, a horizontal cross-section load-bearing component which holds the batten...
- the previous version was replaced with a shadow vane placed on a transom. This transom could be moved along a graduated scale to indicate the angle of...