truss
IPA: trˈʌs
noun
- A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- (architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
- (architecture) A triangular bracket.
- An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
- (obsolete) A bundle; a package.
- (historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
- (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
- (botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
- (nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
- A surname from Old French.
verb
- (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
- (transitive) To support.
- To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
- To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
- (slang, archaic) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.
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Examples of "truss" in Sentences
- The bridge was built in the long truss style.
- I do not see this in the picture of the truss.
- The iron trusses supported the roof and skylight.
- The structural system of the roof is in a truss form.
- An optimum depth of the truss will maximize the efficiency.
- The deaths were due to the collapse of the bowstring truss roof.
- The boom primarily consist of foldable triangular truss structures.
- A truss is a rigid skeletal structure that helps hold the bridge up.
- In 1961, the bowstring truss span was replaced with an girder bridge.
- A truss is a ridge of skeletal structure that helps hold the bridge up.
- The bridge is one of the earliest surviving uses of the Parker truss in Texas.
- The interior is notable for the wooden truss that supports the auditorium room.
- First, workers are building a massive overhead crane called a truss at the edge of the Beltway.
- Drivers in Tysons Corner see a large horizontal crane, also known as a truss, positioned near the Capital Beltway.
- Drivers in Tysons Corner are seeing a large horizontal crane, also known as a truss, positioned near the Capital Beltway.
- But we have decided never to give up the word truss; in spite of the fact that its use makes it harder to get people to believe our advertisements.
- It's an overhead crane called a truss, custom-built to hoist each of the rail line's elevated segments into place between the giant piers along the line's path and to propel itself by remote control from one stretch to the next.
- And there are now so many people wearing Cluthe Automatic Massaging Trusses, or who have worn them until cured, that simply by one man recommending the Cluthe Truss to another the prejudice against the word truss is bound to be overcome in time.
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