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Definition of transom noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

transom

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