Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart
{n} a lintel over a doorcase, a beam across the stern post of a ship, or accross a window, vane of a cross-staff
1 A horizontal bar of wood or stone across a window 2 The cross-bar separating a door from the window, panel, or fanlight above it 3 The window above the transom bar of a door
A window mounted above a door or another window Transoms usually occur above head height
The transverse, vertical or sloping, panel forming the after end of a boat's hull Double-enders like canoes and peapods have no transom