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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•som /ˈtrænsəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildinga crosspiece separating a door or window from a window above it.
- Buildinga window above such a crosspiece.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•som (tran′səm),USA pronunciation n. - a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Also called tran′som light′, transom window. a window above such a crosspiece.
- a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.
- a window so divided.
- [Naut.]
- a flat termination to a stern, above the water line.
- framework running athwartships in way of the sternpost of a steel or iron vessel, used as a support for the frames of the counter.
- [Artillery.]a metal piece connecting the sidepieces of the tail or the cheeks of a gun carriage.
- Old French traversin crosspiece, derivative of travers breadth; see traverse
- late Middle English traunsum, traunsom, Middle English transyn, probably alteration (by association with trans-) of traversayn 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: transom /ˈtrænsəm/ n - a horizontal member that separates a door from a window over it
- the usual US name for fanlight
- a surface forming the stern of a vessel, either vertical or canted either forwards (reverse transom) or aft at the upper side
- any of several transverse beams used for strengthening the stern of a vessel
Etymology: 14th Century: earlier traversayn, from Old French traversin, from traverseˈtransomed adj |