See also:

• TRANSOM (probably a corruption of Lat. transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are Fr. traverse, croisillon, Ger. Losholz)

TRANSOM (probably a corruption of See also:

• LAT

Lat. transtrum, a thwart, in a See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat; equivalents are Fr. See also:

• TRAVERSE

traverse, croisillon, Ger. Losholz)  ,the architectural See also:

• TERM

term given to the See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal See also:

• LINTEL (0. Fr. lintel, mod. linteau, from Late Lat. limitellum, limes, boundary, confused in sense with limen, threshold; the Latin name is supercilium, Ital. soprasogli, and Ger. Stutz)

lintel or See also:

• BEAM
• BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)

beam which is framed across a window, dividing it into stages or heights . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic ecclesiastical See also:

• WORK

work transoms are only found in See also:

• BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry unglazed windows or See also:

• SPIRE

spire See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights, where they were deemed necessary to strengthen the mullions in the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron stay bars, which in glazed windows served a similar purpose . In domestic work, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the opening casements, they are more frequently found . In the later Gothic, and more especially the Perpendicular See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, the introduction of transoms became very See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in windows of all kinds .