truss
noun
- structure that consists of two-force members only
verb
- to tie or bind securely; to install and fasten supportive beams (trusses)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tɹʌs/ / /tɹʊs/
name
Etymology: From Old French trousse (“bundle, pack”), a metonymic occupational surname for a peddler.
- A surname from Old French.
“In her speech to the Atlantic Council, Truss will say: “Putin has launched a full-frontal assault not just on the Ukrainian people, but also on the very foundation of our societies and the rules by which we coexist – sovereignty, democracy, the UN charter.”
noun
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.
- A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
“A truss may keep the abdominal contents from protruding into the hernial sac; however, this won't cure the hernia.”
- 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.
“The weight of the wrought-ironwork in each of the trusses is 460 tons, inclusive of the longitudinal and cross girders weighing 130 tons.”
- A triangular bracket.
- 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.
- A bundle; a package.
“bearing a truss of trifles at his back”
- A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
“Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore / The stains of ancient arms.”
- Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
- A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
- The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser.
- To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- To secure or bind with ropes.
“Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […]”
- To support.
- To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
“who trussing me as eagle doth his prey”
- To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
- To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.
“If they must truss me, I will repent of nothing”