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truss

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–verb (used with object)
1. to tie, bind, or fasten.
2. to make fast with skewers, thread, or the like, as the wings or legs of a fowl in preparation for cooking.
3. to furnish or support with a truss or trusses.
4. to tie or secure (the body) closely or tightly; bind (often fol. by up).
5. Falconry. (of a hawk, falcon, etc.) to grasp (prey) firmly.
–noun
6. Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
a. any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def. 8), incomplete (def. 3), redundant (def. 5c).
b. any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
7. Medicine/Medical. an apparatus consisting of a pad usually supported by a belt for maintaining a hernia in a reduced state.
8. Horticulture. a compact terminal cluster or head of flowers growing upon one stalk.
9. Nautical. a device for supporting a standing yard, having a pivot permitting the yard to swing horizontally when braced.
10. a collection of things tied together or packed in a receptacle; bundle; pack.
11. Chiefly British. a bundle of hay or straw, esp. one containing about 56 lb. (25.4 kg) of old hay, 60 lb. (27.2 kg) of new hay, or 36 lb. (16.3 kg) of straw.
Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) ME trussen < OF tr(o)usser, var. of torser, prob. < VL *torsāre, deriv. of *torsus, for L tortus ptp. of torquere to twist, wind, wrap; (n.) ME: bundle < OF trousse, torse, deriv. of torser

Related forms:
trusser, noun
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truss   (trŭs)   
n.  
  1. Medicine A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia.
    1. A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof.
    2. Architecture A bracket.
  3. Something gathered into a bundle; a pack.
  4. Nautical An iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast.
  5. Botany A compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk.
tr.v.   trussed, truss·ing, truss·es
  1. To tie up or bind tightly.
  2. To bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking.
  3. To support or brace with a truss.

[Middle English trusse, bundle, from Old French trousse, from torser, trousser, to truss, possibly from Vulgar Latin *torsāre, from *torsus, variant of Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre, to twist; see terkw- in Indo-European roots.]
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Truss

Truss\, n. [OE. trusse, F. trousse, OF. also tourse; perhaps fr. L. tryrsus stalk, stem. Cf. Thyrsus, Torso, Trousers, Trousseau.]

1. A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. --Fabyan.

Bearing a truss of trifles at his back. --Spenser.

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.] --Nares.

Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore The stains of ancient arms. --Drayton.

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.

Truss

Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trussing.] [F. trousser. See Truss, n.]

1. To bind or pack close; to make into a truss. --Shak.

It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet. --Chaucer.

2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.]

Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. --Spenser.

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.] --Sir W. Scott.

To truss a person or 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." --J. Webster (1607).

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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Language Translation for : truss
Spanish: atar, liar,
German: zäumen, binden,
Japanese: 縛る
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truss  (n.)
c.1200, "collection of things bound together," from O.Fr. trousse, torse, of unknown origin, perhaps from V.L. *torciare "to twist." Meaning "surgical appliance to support a rupture, etc." first attested 1543. Sense of "framework for supporting a roof or bridge" is first recorded 1654. The verb is attested from c.1225, from O.Fr. trusser "to load, pack, fasten" (11c.).
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Main Entry: truss
Pronunciation: 'tr&s
Function: noun
: a device worn to reduce a hernia by pressure
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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truss (trŭs)
n.
A supportive device, usually consisting of a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia. v. trussed, truss·ing, truss·es
To support or brace with a truss.

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