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Querholz — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • transom noun A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.

Senses

Querholz is used for these senses in English:

  • putlog (architecture) One of the pieces of timber, or metal, on which the planks forming the platform of scaffolding are supported, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole made in the wall (a putlog hole) for that purpose.
  • transom The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.

transom — full definition

  1. noun A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
  2. noun A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
  3. noun A transom window.
  4. noun Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.

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