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Verb
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trusses, plural;
  1. Tie up the wings and legs of (a chicken or other bird) before cooking

  2. Tie up (someone) with their arms at their sides
    • - I found him trussed up in his closet
  3. Support (a roof, bridge, or other structure) with a truss or trusses

Noun
  1. A framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure
    • - roof trusses
  2. A surgical appliance worn to support a hernia, typically a padded belt

  3. A large projection of stone or timber, typically one supporting a cornice

  4. A bundle of old hay (56 lb), new hay (60 lb), or straw (36 lb)

  5. A compact cluster of flowers or fruit growing on one stalk

  6. A heavy metal ring securing a lower yard to its mast

  1. tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
  2. (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
  3. a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
  4. tie down: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
  5. corbel: (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
  6. support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
  7. In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units constructed with straight members whose ends are connected at joints referred to as nodes. ...
  8. In medicine, a truss is a kind of surgical appliance, particularly one used for hernia patients. A truss provides support for the herniated area, using a pad and belt arrangement to hold it in the correct position.
  9. truss is a system tool available on some Unix-like operating systems. When invoked with an additional executable command-line argument, truss makes it possible to print out the system calls made by and the signals received by this executable command-line argument. As of version IEEE Std 1003. ...
  10. (TRUSSES) The "legs" of the piano.
  11. (Trusses) In roof supports which take the majority of the roof’s weight.
  12. (TRUSSES) A truss system includes the top chord or rafter (where roof sheathing is nailed), a joist or bottom chord (where the interior ceiling is nailed) and angled pieces that form a web and are used to add strength.
  13. (TRUSSES) W-shaped framing in an attic that supports the roof. Modifying a truss-framed attic involves installing additional framing members along the bottom of the trusses to strengthen the floor and support the roof.
  14. (Trusses) Beams consisting of one tensile chord, one compression chord, and truss blocks or spaces between the two.
  15. (Trusses) Engineered wood roof system.
  16. (Trusses) reinforcing timbers used to strengthen the frames of old ships.
  17. (Trussing) A hawk is said to truss a bird when she catches it in the air, and comes to the ground with it in her talons: this term is not applied to large quarry.
  18. Trussing is tying or threading meat so that it stays intact and in shape for the cooking process.
  19. A prefabricated framework of girders, struts and other items used to support a roof or other load-bearing elements.
  20. Engineered components that supplement rafters in many newer homes and buildings. Trusses are designed for specific applications and cannot be cut or altered.
  21. A frame or jointed structure designed to act as a beam of long span, while each member is usually subjected to longitudinal stress only—either tension or compression.
  22. To shape food into a desired form and secure with butcher's twine or skewers. Most commonly used with poultry or meats. ...
  23. In architecture, a structural framework of wood or metal based on a triangular system, used to span, reinforce, or support walls, ceilings, piers, or beams.
  24. To see a truss in your dream, your ill health and unfortunate business engagements are predicted.
  25. Normally, factory made roof frame.