English Explanatory Dictionary

truss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
  2. A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
  3. 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.
  5. A bundle; a package.
  6. A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
  7. Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
  8. A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
  9. The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
verb
  1. To tie up a bird before cooking it.
  2. To secure or bind with ropes.
  3. To support.
  4. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
  5. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
  6. To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.
name
  1. A surname from Old French.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

truss trusses trussing trussed

Etymology

From Middle English trusse, from Old French trousse, torse, from Vulgar Latin *torsus, variant of Classical Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō. Doublet of torse and trousse.

Synonyms

string up tuck up forhang Guy Fawkes hang ketch send to the scaffold scrag stretch truss

Derived words

Fink truss half through truss bridge hammer beam truss hammer-beam truss Howe truss jack truss king-post truss K truss logs in truss main truss nailed truss parker truss plank truss polygonal truss queen truss through truss bridge timber truss truss beam truss beam bridge truss bridge truss framed bridge truss fuselage truss head rivet truss joint truss maker truss member truss of straw truss pad truss post truss rod Vierendeel truss Warren truss wooden truss X truss truss up trussed up Trussonomics
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