"Truss" is a word in ENGLISH
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a
brace or braces.
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce
upon.
To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body
in cooking it.
The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the
mast.
To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
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.
A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or
stem, of certain plants.
A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up
the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other
purposes.
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.
A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.
To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
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