truss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹʌs/
rhymes: -ʌs
Forms: form: trusses
Etymology: From Middle English trusse, from Old French trousse, torse. Doublet of torse and trousse.
Senses: examples: text: A truss may keep the abdominal contents from protruding into the hernial sac; however, this won't cure the hernia.
ref: 2008, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, chapter 4, in Professional Guide to Diseases, →ISBN, page 280:
glosses: A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
examples: text: The weight of the wrought-ironwork in each of the trusses is 460 tons, inclusive of the longitudinal and cross girders weighing 130 tons.
ref: 1952 September, “Chepstow River Bridge Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 623:
topics: architecture
glosses: 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.
topics: architecture
glosses: A triangular bracket.
glosses: 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.
examples: text: bearing a truss of trifles at his back
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A bundle; a package.
examples: text: Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore / The stains of ancient arms.
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
glosses: Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from truss (noun)
word: Fink truss
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word: half through truss bridge
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word: hammer beam truss
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word: hammer-beam truss
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word: Howe truss
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word: jack truss
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word: king-post truss
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word: K truss
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word: logs in truss
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word: main truss
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word: nailed truss
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word: parker truss
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word: plank truss
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word: polygonal truss
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word: queen truss
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word: through truss bridge
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word: timber truss
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word: truss beam
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word: truss beam bridge
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word: truss bridge
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word: truss framed bridge
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word: truss fuselage
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word: truss head rivet
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word: truss joint
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word: truss maker
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word: truss member
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word: truss of straw
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word: truss pad
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word: truss post
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word: truss rod
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word: Vierendeel truss
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word: Warren truss
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word: wooden truss
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word: X truss