Talk:imposte

Tea room discussion

Note: the below discussion was moved from the Wiktionary:Tea room.

It's also a French name meaning transom (architectural). 216.86.113.139 01:38, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for this, I've added a French section to imposte and the French translation at transom. You may wish to take a look at these and check I've understood you correctly, as I don't speak French myself. Thryduulf 11:07, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

I think that French imposte means fanlight, and that the French for transom is either croisillion or meneau. What does French Wiktionary have to say? SemperBlotto 11:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't know any of these words in French or English, but to answer your question, [[fr:imposte]] has three definitions, roughly:

1. (Woodworking) The fixed upper portion of a door or window, that lessens the height of the moving portions.
2. (By extention) The fixed glass portion of a door or wall, that's intended to give daylight to a dark room.
3. (Architecture) The last stone of the upright of a door or arcade, that sticks out over the other stones and is usually somewhat decorated.

[[fr:croisillion]] is a redlink, but I'm guessing you mean [[fr:croisillon]], which has three definitions, roughly:

1. A crossbar, the horizontal bar of a cross.
2. (By analogy) An arm of the transept of a church.
3. Pieces of wood or iron, arranged in a cross shape, across a bay (??) or frame of a window, which hold the panes.

[[fr:meneau]] has one definition, roughly:

1. (Architecture) A wood, stone, or iron upright or crossbar that divides an opening to form a cross shape.

Hopefully those translations are sufficiently accurate and clear that y'all can figure out the right English translations. (You can also click the links; there are helpful images for some of the senses.)

—Ruakh_TALK 18:45, 26 October 2008 (UTC)