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Meaning of truss in English
Pronunciation
/trəs/
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Verb
truss
Definitions
1.
tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
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.
support structurally
Examples
« truss the roofs »
« trussed bridges »
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 »
2.
a framework of beams forming a rigid structure (as a roof truss)
3.
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)