truss

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French trousse.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

truss (plural trusses)

  1. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
    • 2008, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, chapter 4, Professional Guide to Diseases, ISBN 0781778999, page 280:
      A truss may keep the abdominal contents from protruding into the hernial sac; however, this won't cure the hernia.
  2. (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.
  3. (architecture) 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.

Translations[edit]

bandage and belt
framework of beams
architecture: triangular bracket
farming measurement

Verb[edit]

truss (third-person singular simple present trusses, present participle trussing, simple past and past participle trussed)

  1. (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
  2. (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
  3. (transitive) To support.

Translations[edit]

to tie up a bird before cooking it
to secure or bind with ropes
to support

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