transom

About 0.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
2. noun A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
3. noun A transom window.
4. noun Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
5. noun The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.a ship's transom (flat stern)
6. noun The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
7. noun Items that have arrived over the transom.

   We are overwhelmed with transom resumes.

Similar words

fanlight transom window traverse crosspiece crossing cross stern pupa header luffer

Often followed by

and of stern is windows to window above over

Word family

transom window transom windows transoms