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Meaning of truss in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /trəs/

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  1. Verb

    truss

    Definitions

    1. tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
  2. 2. secure with or as if with ropes

    Examples

    • « tie down the prisoners »
    • « tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed »
  3. 3. support structurally

    Examples

    • « truss the roofs »
    • « trussed bridges »
  4. Noun

    truss

    Etymology

    Middle English (in the sense ‘bundle’): from Old French trusse (noun), trusser‘pack up, bind in’, based on late Latin tors-‘twisted’, from the verb torquere. truss (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 17th century

    Definitions

    1. (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt

    Examples

    • « worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure »
  5. 2. a framework of beams forming a rigid structure (as a roof truss)
  6. 3. (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

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