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Truss

noun
1.
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure.
2.
A framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure.
3.
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent).  Synonym: corbel.
verb
(past & past part. trussed; pres. part. trussing)
1.
Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it.
2.
Secure with or as if with ropes.  Synonyms: bind, tie down, tie up.  "Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
3.
Support structurally.  "Trussed bridges"



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"Truss" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the emerald Of the great living sea was blazing down, To gift the lordly billows with a crown Of diamond and silver. From his cave The hermit came, and by the dying wave Lone wander'd, and he found upon the sand, Below a truss of sea-weed, with his hand Around the silent waist of Agathe, The corse of Julio! Pale, pale, it lay Beside the wasted girl. The fireless eye Was open, and a jewell'd rosary Hung round the neck; but it was gone,—the ...
— The Death-Wake - or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras • Thomas T Stoddart
... hear her sobs and shrill tones in reply, for they were descending the stairs; and Mary Quince reported to me, in a horrified sort of way, that she saw him bundle her into the fly at the door, like a truss of hay into a hay-loft. And he stood with his head in at the window, scolding her, till ...
— Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bartram-Haugh • J.S. Le Fanu
... Pelargoniums the central flower of the umbel or "truss" frequently retains its regularity of proportion, so as closely to approximate to the normal condition in the allied genus Geranium; this resemblance is rendered greater by the fact that, under such circumstances, the patches of darker colour characteristic of the ...
— Vegetable Teratology - An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants • Maxwell T. Masters
... wasn't here jest to do the shovel work, but might have my own little side-show to bring off, hey?" he inquired of no one in particular. "Here, Slinker, help me truss 'em up." ...
— Spanish Doubloons • Camilla Kenyon
... Saturday morning came the thief got up early and hid himself under a truss of hay in ...
— The Grey Fairy Book • Various


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