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transom. 1. The
athwartship timbers bolted to the
sternpost of a ship to give it a flat stern. In the older
square-rigged ships, particularly men-of-war, they were usually rather heavier than other timbers in order to support the overhang of the stern and
quarter galleries. In modern vessels there is no overhang with a transom stern, and in consequence no need for the stern timbers to be heavier than any others.
2. A name often given to the vane of a
cross-staff, that part which slid along the staff by means of a square socket cut in the centre of the vane.
3. The cross-piece of timber which connected the
cheeks of a wooden gun carriage during the days of sailing navies.
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