Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Transpierce \Trans*pierce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transpierced};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Transpiercing}.] [Pref. trans- + pierce: cf.
   F. transpercer.]
   To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass
   through.

         The sides transpierced return a rattling sound.
                                                  --Dryden.