| truss | 1. A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. "Bearing a truss of trifles at his back." (Spenser) A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. Of old and 60 lbs. Of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs. 2. 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. "Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore The stains of ancient arms." (Drayton) 3. <surgery> A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes. 4. <botany> A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants. 5. The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast. 6. 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. Truss rod, a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss. Origin: OE. Trusse, F. Trousse, OF. Also tourse; perhaps fr. L. Tryrsus stalk, stem. Cf. Thyrsus, Torso, Trousers, Trousseau. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| trusses | Elastic, canvas, or metallic devices for retaining a hernia reduced within the abdominal cavity. (12 Dec 1998) |
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(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it tie down: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure corbel: (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
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lower-profile dome designed to prevent tampering.
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In architecture, a structural framework of wood or metal based on a triangular system, used to span, reinforce, or support walls, ceilings, piers, or beams.
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A structural form which is used in the same way as a beam, but because it is made of an web-like assembly of smaller members it can be made longer, deeper, and therefore, stronger than a beam or girder while being lighter than a beam of similar dimensions.
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A timber frame used to support the roof over the great hall.
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| truss | (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) |
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| truss | a framework of beams forming a rigid structure (as a roof truss) |
| truss | (medical) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt |
| truss | support structurally, of roofs or bridges |
| truss | secure with or as if with ropes |
| truss | tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking |
| truss | a bridge supported by trusses |
| truss | bound or secured closely |
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