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TRUSS, n.

1. In a general sense, a bundle; as a truss of hay or straw. A truss of hay in England is half a hundred. A truss of straw is of different weights in different places.

2. In surgery, a bandage or apparatus used in cases of ruptures, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

3. Among botanists, a truss or bunch is a tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk or stem of certain plants.

4. In navigation, a machine to pull a lower yard close to its mast and retain it firmly in that position.

5. [See Trous.]

TRUSS, v.t. To bind or pack close.

1. To skewer; to make fast.

To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight.



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TRUSS, n.

1. In a general sense, a bundle; as a truss of hay or straw. A truss of hay in England is half a hundred. A truss of straw is of different weights in different places.

2. In surgery, a bandage or apparatus used in cases of ruptures, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

3. Among botanists, a truss or bunch is a tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk or stem of certain plants.

4. In navigation, a machine to pull a lower yard close to its mast and retain it firmly in that position.

5. [See Trous.]

TRUSS, v.t. To bind or pack close.

1. To skewer; to make fast.

To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight.


TRUSS, n.

In architecture, a framed assemblage of timbers for fastening or binding a beam, or for support.


TRUSS, n. [Fr. trousse; Dan. trosse, a cord or rope; Sw. tross; W. trwsa, a truss, a packet. See Trowsers.]

  1. In a general sense, a bundle; as, a truss of hay or straw. A truss of hay in England is half a hundred. A truss of straw is of different weights in different places.
  2. In surgery, a bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, made for other purposes. Cyc.
  3. Among botanists, a truss or bunch is a tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk or stem of certain plants. Cyc.
  4. In navigation, a machine to pull a lower yard close to its mast and retain it firmly in that position. Cyc.
  5. [See Trous.]

TRUSS, v.t.

  1. To bind or pack close. Shak.
  2. To skewer; to make fast. To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight.

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

    Fabyan.

    Bearing a truss of trifles at his back. Spenser.

    * 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. To bind or pack close] to make into a truss.

    Shak.

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

  3. 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.

  4. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

    [Obs.]

    Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. Spenser.

  5. A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.
  6. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
  7. A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.
  8. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.
  9. The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
  10. 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.

  11. 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.

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Truss

TRUSS, noun

1. In a general sense, a bundle; as a truss of hay or straw. A truss of hay in England is half a hundred. A truss of straw is of different weights in different places.

2. In surgery, a bandage or apparatus used in cases of ruptures, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

3. Among botanists, a truss or bunch is a tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk or stem of certain plants.

4. In navigation, a machine to pull a lower yard close to its mast and retain it firmly in that position.

5. [See Trous.]

TRUSS, verb transitive To bind or pack close.

1. To skewer; to make fast.

To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight.

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