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Definition of Transoms

Transom
Transom Tran"som, n. [Probably fr. L. transtrum a crossbeam, transom, from trans across. Cf. Trestle.] 1. (Arch.) 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. 2. (Naut.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer. 3. (Gun.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages. 4. (Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff. --Chambers. 5. (Railroad) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other. Transom knees (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers. Transom window. (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. (b) A window over a door, with a transom between.

Meaning of Transoms from wikipedia

- Look up transom or transoms in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transom may refer to: Transom (architecture), a bar of wood or stone across the top of...
- the Perpendicular Period, the introduction of transoms became common in windows of all kinds. Transom windows which could be opened to provide cross-ventilation...
- water, as at the bow. A reverse transom is angled from the waterline forwards. On smaller boats such as dinghies, transoms may be used to support a rudder...
- was called the deck transom; between these two were a series of filling transoms. If the stern had transoms above the wing transom, they would no longer...
- elements separating the head of a door from a window above are called transoms. Stone mullions were used in Armenian, Saxon and Islamic architecture prior...
- join ledgers or transoms to standards, putlog or single couplers join board bearing transoms to ledgers - Non-board bearing transoms should be fixed using...
- Operation Transom was an attack by Allied forces against the ****anese-occupied city of Surabaya on the Indonesian island of Java during World War II....
- The transom knot is a simple lashing knot used to secure two linear objects, such as spars, at right angles to each other. While often described in relation...
- Tug Transom is a British daily comic strip written by Peter O'Donnell and drawn by Alfred Sindall. It ran in the Daily Sketch from 1954 to 1968. The strip...
- (real cost) and £12.7 billion (economic share) as of 2021. The ship's transom is on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Diana was descended from...