TRANSOM

Transom

In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it. This contrasts with a mullion, a vertical structural 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' above a door is usually referred to as a "fanlight" if a semi-elliptical shape, and occasionally as an "overlight" or "hopper", or by the French word "vasistas".

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transom

Noun

  1. A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
  2. A horizontal dividing bar in a window.
  3. Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
  4. The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
  5. The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
  6. Items that have arrived over the transom.
    We are overwhelmed with transom resumes.
    They only met the deadline by working most of the night and making a transom filing.


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