truss

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From Old French trousse.

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Singular
truss

Plural
trusses

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. A framework of beams forming a rigid structure.
  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.

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Infinitive
to truss

Third person singular
trusses

Simple past
trussed

Past participle
trussed

Present participle
trussing

to 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.

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