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transom light

[tran-suhm] Origin

tran·som

[tran-suhm]
noun
1.
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
2.
Also called transom light, transom window. a window above such a crosspiece.
3.
a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.
4.
a window so divided.
5.
Nautical.
a.
a flat termination to a stern, above the water line.
b.
framework running athwartships in way of the sternpost of a steel or iron vessel, used as a support for the frames of the counter.
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6.
Artillery. a metal piece connecting the sidepieces of the tail or the cheeks of a gun carriage.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1325–75; late Middle English traunsum, traunsom, Middle English transyn, probably alteration (by association with trans-) of traversayn < Old French traversin crosspiece, derivative of travers breadth; see traverse

tran·somed, adjective
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Transom light is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Word Origin & History

transom
1388, transeyn "crossbeam spanning an opening, lintel," probably by dissimilation from L. transtrum "crossbeam" (especially one spanning an opening), from trans- "across" + instrumental suffix -trum. Meaning "small window over a door or other window" is first recorded 1844.
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