Truss
[trʌs]
Definition
(noun.) a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure.
(noun.) (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure.
(verb.) support structurally; 'truss the roofs'; 'trussed bridges'.
(verb.) tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it.
Checker: Nellie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.
(n.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.
(n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
(n.) To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
(n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
(n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.
(n.) To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
Checker: Sondra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bundle, package, packet.[2]. Bandage (for hernia).
Typist: Maura
Definition
n. a bundle: timbers fastened together for binding a beam or supporting a roof: in ships the rope or iron for keeping the lower yard to the mast: a tuft of flowers at the top of the main stalk or stem: a bandage or apparatus used in hernia to retain reduced parts or to hinder protusion.—v.t. to bind up: to pack close: to furnish with a truss: to draw tight and tie: to skewer in cooking.—n. Truss′-beam a wooden beam strengthened by a tie-rod.—adj. Trussed.—n. Truss′ing in ship-building diagonal timbers or iron plates crossing the ribs internally and consolidating the whole together.
Checker: Witt
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a truss in your dream, your ill health and unfortunate business engagements are predicted.
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Examples
- Mr. Langton Cole calls attention to the rope truss in this illustration, stiffening the beam of the ship. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The truss system has also been applied to the construction of vast modern bridges in places where timber is accessible and cheap. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I threw away the goddam truss so it would get bad and I wouldn't have to go to the line again. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- No other such use of the truss is known until the days of modern engineering. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The lieutenant said I slipped the truss on purpose. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But I lost the truss. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I pray thee truss my points, said he to Wamba, and thou shalt have a cup of sack for thy labour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There are patents for belts without number, for electric gloves, rings, bracelets, necklaces, trusses, corsets, shoes, hats, combs, brushes, chairs, couches, and blankets. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Checker: Prudence