A truss is a framework that supports something, like a roof or a bridge. A steel beam that holds up a bridge is called a truss. Another kind of truss is a similar structure that's designed to support a roof.
A bundle; a package;
Noun
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
Noun
a framework of beams forming a rigid structure (as a roof truss)
Noun
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
Verb
support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
Verb
secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"
Verb
tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
n.
A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.
n.
A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the
body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a
stomacher.
n.
A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up
the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other
purposes.
n.
A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or
stem, of certain plants.
n.
The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the
mast.
n.
An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two
points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points,
with the least possible strain across the length of any member.
Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often
contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater
massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in
accordance with the exigencies of style.
n.
To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
n.
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce
upon.
n.
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a
brace or braces.
n.
To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body
in cooking it.
n.
To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
Truss
Bearing a truss of trifles at his back.
Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore The stains of ancient arms.3.
Truss
It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet.2.
Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey.3.
A bundle; a package;
To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
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