The vane of a cross-staff, made to slide along it by means of a square socket; it may be set to any of the graduations.
·noun The vane of a cross-staff. II. Transom ·noun The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, is just above the deck-transom, securing the ends of the gun-deck plank and lower-transoms. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A term often applied to the wing-transom (which see). ...
That which is bolted to the counter-timbers, above the upper, at the height of the port-sills. ...
Curved timbers, or pieces of iron, which bind and connect the ship's quarter to the transoms, being ...
The piece of timber placed across the lower counter, withinside the height of the helm-port, and bol...
A cross piece of timber uniting the cheeks; generally between the trunnion-holes and the fore axle-t...