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
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- over the transom
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T transom 2
]