transom
noun/ˈtrænsəm/
/ˈtrænsəm/
- a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door or window
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- (North American English) (also fanlight British and North American English)a small window above a door or another window
Word Originlate Middle English (earlier as traversayn): from Old French traversin, from the verb traverser ‘to cross’.
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