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UK
/tɹˈænsəm/
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[ US /ˈtɹænsəm/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹænsəm/ ]
NOUN
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
How To Use transom In A Sentence
- The unit installs at the transom and emits sonar beams that ‘look’ out to 240 feet on either side of the boat.
- The twelve-panel front door is surmounted with a transom window and framed by fluted pilasters supporting an open pediment.
- Only the transom and a small section of the keel of the vessel - owned by the Coastal Forces Heritage Trust - were left.
- Another preventative measure has been warning labels and transom placards, particularly on rental houseboats commonly used by less experienced boaters.
- The Bertram 31 and its prototype were designed with a remarkable 23-degree angle of deadrise at the transom with three lifting strakes on each side from the keel to the chine.
- Standing near the transom opening, all six men donned their gear, including heavy weight belts and tanks, which caused the stern to submerge below the waterline.
- Delete or abrase the scribed mortise lines for the stiffening transoms on the side opposite the corner tenon. Chapter 7
- Now, in summer the openings are free of mullions or transoms and frame the lush foliage beyond.
- The hull shape is of a round bilge construction with bulbous bow and sterns keg, flared stem and transom stern.
- She squirmed back from the transom and sat up, capping the paint can and washing out the brush with turpentine, talking as she worked. CORMORANT
