transom : Idioms & Phrases

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Deck transom

  • (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed.
Webster 1913

Transom knees

  • (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers.
Webster 1913

Transom window

  • noun a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
    fanlight; transom.
WordNet
  • . (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. (b) A window over a door, with a transom between.
Webster 1913

Wing transom

  • (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern; called also main transom. J. Knowles.
Webster 1913