| 单词 | transom |
| 释义 | transom —transomed, adj. /tran"seuhm/, n. 1. a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it. 2. Also called transom light, transom window. a window above such a crosspiece. 3. a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally. 4. a window so divided. 5. Naut. a. a flat termination to a stern, above the water line. b. framework running athwartships in way of the sternpost of a steel or iron vessel, used as a support for the frames of the counter. 6. Artillery. a metal piece connecting the sidepieces of the tail or the cheeks of a gun carriage. [1325-75; late ME traunsum, traunsom, ME transyn, prob. alter. (by assoc. with TRANS-) of traversayn < OF traversin crosspiece, deriv. of travers breadth; see TRAVERSE] |
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