transom - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”).
transom (plural transoms)
- (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
- (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
- A transom window.
- (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
- (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
a ship's transom (flat stern) - The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
- (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.
We are overwhelmed with transom resumes.
They only met the deadline by working most of the night and making a transom filing.
- over the transom
- transom window, a hinged glassed frame above such a crossbar
crosspiece over a door
- Bulgarian: щурц m (šturc)
- Catalan: travesser (ca) m
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: kamana (fi)
- French: traverse (fr) f
- German: Sturz (de) m, Holm (de) m
- Irish: trasnán m
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: kārupe, kororupe, kōrupe, pare
- Middle English: traunsom
- Russian: фраму́га (ru) f (framúga), фо́рточка (ru) f (fórtočka) (Russian style)
- Spanish: travesaño (es) m
- Ukrainian: фраму́га f (framúha)
- Welsh: croeslath f
horizontal dividing bar in a window
items that have arrived over the transom