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Definition of transom in English: transomnoun ˈtrans(ə)mˈtræn(t)səm 1The flat surface forming the stern of a boat. Example sentencesExamples - The main saloon is nicely arranged with a transom berth and pilot berth to port and a settee/berth to starboard.
- With six of us now in the boat, the low transom and failed bilge pump is worrying, but we dive anyway.
- After the transom and hull began to crack, they learned otherwise.
- The Bertram 31 and its prototype were designed with a remarkable 23-degree angle of deadrise at the transom with three lifting strakes on each side from the keel to the chine.
- The sheer of the B40 is slightly flatter, the transom more vertical and broader, and the bow slightly less spoon-shaped.
- 1.1 A horizontal beam reinforcing the stern of a boat.
Example sentencesExamples - But the second boat was deeper down in the peat, and although twisted and snapped by the river over the course of time was still complete, with a transom and wooden cross-braces.
Synonyms joist, purlin, girder, spar, support, strut, stay, brace, scantling, batten, lintel, stringer, baulk, board, timber, plank, lath, rafter - 1.2 A strengthening crossbar, in particular one set above a window or door.
Compare with mullion Example sentencesExamples - They first replaced a single entry door with transom-topped French doors; then they lowered windows over the sink by a foot, adding a transom to fill in the void.
- Both wails have fixed glazing with custom built mullions and transoms.
- A door was supposed to have a transom and a lintel and a keyhole and stiles and a handle.
- Pairs of narrow French doors topped with transoms line one wall of the main room, offering easy access to the deck and playing up the room's dramatic vaulted ceiling.
- Both doors are topped by elliptical transoms deeply recessed into paneled openings and embraced by taut curving stone arches.
- Puddling style draperies over the windows and original shutters control light, and transoms over the doors help the air to circulate.
- Now, in summer the openings are free of mullions or transoms and frame the lush foliage beyond.
- The head casing that separates the transoms from the French doors runs at the same 7-foot height around the entire space, blending with the built-in bookshelves.
- 1.3North American
short for transom window Example sentencesExamples - Along one wall, new floor-to-ceiling windows topped by arched transoms bring natural light deep into the room.
- Curtain walls, sliding doors, transoms, and more can be finished in dark bronze or clear anodized and painted bronze or white.
- Entries often showcase glass in the door, plus sidelights and transoms (windows over the door).
- On the exterior is a combination of standard metal building components and antique and new mahogany doors and transoms.
- If the doors and the transoms above weren't exactly the right height, you'd have a totally different feeling.
Phrases informal Offered or sent without prior agreement; unsolicited. the editors receive about ten manuscripts a week over the transom Example sentencesExamples - These projects come in over the transom in a weird way.
- Did he decide to hear every preemption case that comes over the transom?
- Meanwhile, the money coming in the door could not meet the bills flying over the transom.
- The very large outboard engine weighed down the stern and waves were lapping over the transom.
- But it's important to keep some perspective, even as another load of subpoenas and rotten tomatoes comes in over the transom.
- But once everyone adjusts, those couple hundred emails will mean nothing more than the couple dozen letters that might have physically come in over the transom in the old days.
- So when this tape came over the transom, they were saying, ‘We've got a scoop!’
- An apology came over the transom about an hour later.
- And more counterexamples are coming in over the transom all the time.
- I get a lot of stuff over the transom, and this year I am going to do my best to thank everyone who's contributed material to the site.
Derivatives adjective Rear has former double chamfered mullioned and transomed windows with hoodmould over in cross-wing. Example sentencesExamples - Residents seem dwarfed by their improbably high-ceilinged apartments, with huge transomed windows and faded, chipping walls.
- The rear has double chamfered mullioned and transomed windows with plainer chamfered mullions.
- The house is built of local sandstone with tall chimneys, pointed gables and mullioned and transomed windows.
- The first storey has six window range, stone mullioned and transomed windows with arched upper lights and rectangular hood moulds.
- They were usually symmetrical, with large mullioned and transomed windows, and consisted of 3 storeys and an attic.
Origin Late Middle English (earlier as traversayn): from Old French traversin, from the verb traverser 'to cross' (see traverse). Definition of transom in US English: transomnounˈtran(t)səmˈtræn(t)səm 1The flat surface forming the stern of a boat. Example sentencesExamples - The main saloon is nicely arranged with a transom berth and pilot berth to port and a settee/berth to starboard.
- The sheer of the B40 is slightly flatter, the transom more vertical and broader, and the bow slightly less spoon-shaped.
- With six of us now in the boat, the low transom and failed bilge pump is worrying, but we dive anyway.
- After the transom and hull began to crack, they learned otherwise.
- The Bertram 31 and its prototype were designed with a remarkable 23-degree angle of deadrise at the transom with three lifting strakes on each side from the keel to the chine.
- 1.1 A horizontal beam reinforcing the stern of a boat.
Example sentencesExamples - But the second boat was deeper down in the peat, and although twisted and snapped by the river over the course of time was still complete, with a transom and wooden cross-braces.
Synonyms joist, purlin, girder, spar, support, strut, stay, brace, scantling, batten, lintel, stringer, baulk, board, timber, plank, lath, rafter - 1.2 A strengthening crossbar, in particular one set above a window or door.
Compare with mullion Example sentencesExamples - They first replaced a single entry door with transom-topped French doors; then they lowered windows over the sink by a foot, adding a transom to fill in the void.
- The head casing that separates the transoms from the French doors runs at the same 7-foot height around the entire space, blending with the built-in bookshelves.
- A door was supposed to have a transom and a lintel and a keyhole and stiles and a handle.
- Both doors are topped by elliptical transoms deeply recessed into paneled openings and embraced by taut curving stone arches.
- Puddling style draperies over the windows and original shutters control light, and transoms over the doors help the air to circulate.
- Both wails have fixed glazing with custom built mullions and transoms.
- Pairs of narrow French doors topped with transoms line one wall of the main room, offering easy access to the deck and playing up the room's dramatic vaulted ceiling.
- Now, in summer the openings are free of mullions or transoms and frame the lush foliage beyond.
- 1.3North American
short for transom window Example sentencesExamples - If the doors and the transoms above weren't exactly the right height, you'd have a totally different feeling.
- On the exterior is a combination of standard metal building components and antique and new mahogany doors and transoms.
- Curtain walls, sliding doors, transoms, and more can be finished in dark bronze or clear anodized and painted bronze or white.
- Entries often showcase glass in the door, plus sidelights and transoms (windows over the door).
- Along one wall, new floor-to-ceiling windows topped by arched transoms bring natural light deep into the room.
Phrases informal Offered or sent without prior agreement; unsolicited. the editors receive about ten manuscripts a week over the transom Example sentencesExamples - Meanwhile, the money coming in the door could not meet the bills flying over the transom.
- But once everyone adjusts, those couple hundred emails will mean nothing more than the couple dozen letters that might have physically come in over the transom in the old days.
- An apology came over the transom about an hour later.
- Did he decide to hear every preemption case that comes over the transom?
- And more counterexamples are coming in over the transom all the time.
- These projects come in over the transom in a weird way.
- I get a lot of stuff over the transom, and this year I am going to do my best to thank everyone who's contributed material to the site.
- But it's important to keep some perspective, even as another load of subpoenas and rotten tomatoes comes in over the transom.
- So when this tape came over the transom, they were saying, ‘We've got a scoop!’
- The very large outboard engine weighed down the stern and waves were lapping over the transom.
Origin Late Middle English (earlier as traversayn): from Old French traversin, from the verb traverser ‘to cross’ (see traverse). |