transom window : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: transom window	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for transom window
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transom window n a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door Synonym(s): transom, transom window, fanlight
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transom \Tran"som\, n. [Probably fr. L. transtrum a crossbeam, transom, from trans across. Cf. {Trestle}.] 1. (Arch.) 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. See Illust. of {Mullion}. 2. (Naut.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also {transsummer}. 3. (Gun.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages. 4. (Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff. --Chambers. 5. (Railroad) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other. {Transom knees} (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers. {Transom window}. (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. (b) A window over a door, with a transom between.