truss

Meaning

Noun

1. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
2. 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.
3. A triangular bracket.
4. 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.
5. (obsolete) A bundle; a package.
6. A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
7. Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
8. A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
9. The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.

Verb

1. To tie up a bird before cooking it.
2. To secure or bind with ropes.
3. To support.
4. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
5. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
6. (slang) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.

Concepts

truss

bind

rafter

bundle

tie down

tie up

tie

bunch

faggot

sheaf

girder

secure

beam

corbel

knot

lash

bale

band

brace

buttress

rest

support

attach

bundle up

package

parcel

purlin

cluster

trestle

fasten

leash

strap on

stack

belt

cincture

cordon

girdle

sash

shingles

waistband

zone

base

buoy

shore

strut

substantiate

uphold

girder grillage

hernia band

girder steel

steel beam

steel girder

frame

gireder

bandage

clinch

dress

gird

lash together

ligate

rack

slur

stake

strap

string

adhere

back

bear out

bolster

boost

brace up

carry

endorse

indorse

patronage

prop

prop up

reinforce

reward

second

sponsor

stand by

stick

stick by

subsidise

subsidize

subvent

subvention

trellis

undergird

underlay

underpin

underwrite

column

structural member

supporting structure

roof

roof truss

join

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹʌs/

Etymology

From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser. Doublet of trousse.

Sentences

An iron truss roof covers the building .