TRANSOM


Meaning of TRANSOM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtran(t)-səm ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English transyn, traunsom, probably alteration of traversayn, from Middle French travessain, from Old French traversain set crosswise, from Vulgar Latin * traversanus, from Latin transversus transverse

Date: 14th century

1. : a transverse piece in a structure : crosspiece : as

a. : lintel

b. : a horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window or fanlight above it

c. : the horizontal bar or member of a cross or gallows

d. : any of several transverse timbers or beams secured to the sternpost of a boat ; also : the planking forming the stern of a square-ended boat

2. : a window above a door or other window built on and commonly hinged to a transom

- over the transom

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