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.
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The bottom tip of the transom can be approximately on the waterline, in which case the stern of the vessel is referred to as a transom stern, or the hull can continue so that the centreline is well above the waterline before terminating in a transom, in which case it is referred to as a counter stern or cutaway stern..
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The sunlight played through a transom window, falling strangely upon the blade of that poised razor. The Forged Note Oscar Micheaux.
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Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Transom(noun) a horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening.
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Definition of ransom. 1 : a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity.
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  transom, transom window, fanlight(noun) a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door. 2  transom, traverse(noun) a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it.
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Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Transom(noun) a horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. 2  Transom(noun) one of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
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Definition of ransom. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to deliver especially from sin or its penalty. 3  2 : to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price.
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Definition of ransom. 1  1 : a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity. 2  2 : the act of ransoming.
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In naval architecture, a transom is the surface that forms the stern of a vessel. Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward, also known as a retroussé or reverse transom, angling forward (toward the bow) from the waterline to the deck, or raked aft, often simply called raked, angling in the other direction.
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A transom is a horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is a horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it.