Definition of transom Transom

/tɹæˈnsʌm/ - [transum] - tran•som

We found 16 definitions of transom from 6 different sources.

What does transom mean?

Noun Plural: transoms
transom - a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
		traverse
transom - a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
		transom window, fanlight

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transom (Noun)
A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
transom (Noun)
A horizontal dividing bar in a window.
transom (Noun)
Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
transom (Noun)
The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
transom (Noun)
The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
transom (Noun)
Items that have arrived over the transom .

transom (n.)
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.
transom (n.)
One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
transom (n.)
The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
transom (n.)
The vane of a cross-staff.
transom (n.)
One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.

transom
tran′sum, n. a thwart beam or lintel, esp. the horizontal mullion or crossbar of a window: in ships, the beam across the sternpost to strengthen the afterpart.—n. Trans′om-win′dow, a window divided into two parts by a transom. [L. transtrum, a cross-bank—trans, across.]