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truss

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Noun

truss (plural trusses)

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.
- bearing a truss of trifles at his back
(historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
- Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore / The stains of ancient arms.
(historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
(botany) A tuft of flowers 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.

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French: treillis, structure triangulée
German: Fachwerkträger, Fachwerk, Dachstuhl, Dachwerk, Dachtragwerk, Traverse, Binder, Sprengwerk, Hängewerk, Gebälk, Ständerwerk
Italian: struttura reticolare
Portuguese: treliça
Russian: (стропи́льная) фе́рма
Spanish: cercha

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Verb

truss (trusses, present participle trussing; past and past participle trussed)

(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.
- who trussing me as eagle doth his prey
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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