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Truss   /trəs/   Listen
noun
Truss  n.  
1.
A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. "Bearing a truss of trifles at his back." Note: A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. of old and 60 lbs. of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs.
2.
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. (Obs.) "Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore The stains of ancient arms."
3.
(Surg.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.
4.
(Bot.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.
5.
(Naut.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
6.
(Arch. & Engin.) 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.
Truss rod, a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss.


verb
Truss  v. t.  (past & past part. trussed; pres. part. trussing)  
1.
To bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a truss. "It (his hood) was trussed up in his wallet."
2.
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. (Obs.) "Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey."
3.
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
4.
To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.
5.
To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up. (Slang.)
To truss a person or To truss one's self, to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. (Obs.) "Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself."
To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight.
Trussed beam, a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.





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"Truss" Quotes from Famous Books



... already, And upon the day before it, Early has the cow been lowing, And her morning hay expecting, And the foal has loud been neighing That his truss of hay be cast him, 200 And the lamb of spring has bleated, That its food ...
— Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) - The Land of the Heroes • Anonymous
... morning he dismounted in the mud on the slope which forms an angle with the Plancenoit road, had a kitchen table and a peasant's chair brought to him from the farm of Rossomme, seated himself, with a truss of straw for a carpet, and spread out on the table the chart of the battle-field, saying to Soult as he did so, "A ...
— Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo
... it shall if I hear more from you. So that you are discreet and obedient, have no fear of my hand." Then, still keeping his eye upon the fellow: "Kenneth," he said, "attend to the crop-ear yonder, he will be recovering. Truss him with the bedclothes, and gag him with his scarf. See to it, Kenneth, and do it well, but leave his nostrils ...
— The Tavern Knight • Rafael Sabatini
... is enough to say that careful research proves its most absorbing reading to be the 'throw away your truss' ads. Is it not natural, Weener, that two such journals of taste and enlightenment should appreciate your efforts? Unfortunately the Daily Intelligencer demands accounts written in intelligible English above ...
— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore
... question are of two kinds; one, the "carotid fork," is an adjustable instrument, which being held in the hand of the operator permits him to exert any degree of pressure upon both carotids for any desired length of time. The other instrument, which I have designated as the "carotid truss," for lack of a better name, is a circular spring provided with adjustable pads at each extremity. The spring is placed about the neck of the patient, and by suitable appliances the pads at the extremities can be ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 • Various


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