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TRAN'SOM, noun [Latin transenna, from trans, over, across.]

1. A beam or timber extended across the stern-post of a ship, to strengthen the aft-part and give it due form.

2. In architecture, the piece that is framed across a double light window; or a lintel over a door; the vane of a cross-staff.