Transom vs. Mullion

Transomnoun

A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.

Transomnoun

A horizontal dividing bar in a window.

Transomnoun

A transom window.

Transomnoun

(nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.

Transomnoun

(nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.

Transomnoun

The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.

Transomnoun

Items that have arrived over the transom.

Transomnoun

A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion.

Transomnoun

One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; - called also transsummer.

Transomnoun

The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.

Transomnoun

The vane of a cross-staff.

Transomnoun

One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.

Transomnoun

a window above a door and hinged to a transom

Transomnoun

a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

Mullionnoun

A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.

Mullionverb

(transitive) To shape into divisions by means of mullions.

Mullionnoun

A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc.

Mullionverb

To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.

Mullionnoun

a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen)

Mullion

A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid support to the glazing of the window.