transom

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
noun a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”).

Stateroom forty-four's transom was closed. — Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China, George F. (George Frank) Worts
I looked out through the open transom. — Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain
"Both transoms closed, I suppose?" he asked. — The problem of Cell 13, Jacques Futrelle

transom window, fanlight

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