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transom window

–noun
1. a window divided by a transom.
2. transom (def. 2).

Origin:
1680–90

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.
6. Artillery. a metal piece connecting the sidepieces of the tail or the cheeks of a gun carriage.

Origin:
1325–75; late ME traunsum, traunsom, ME transyn, prob. alter. (by assoc. with trans- ) of traversayn < OF traversin crosspiece, deriv. of travers breadth; see traverse


transomed, adjective
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