truss
noun
[ trʌs ]
• a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure.
• "roof trusses"
Similar:
support,
buttress,
joist,
brace,
prop,
strut,
stay,
stanchion,
shore,
pier,
• a surgical appliance worn to support a hernia, typically a padded belt.
• a bundle of old hay (56 lb), new hay (60 lb), or straw (36 lb).
• a compact cluster of flowers or fruit growing on one stalk.
• a heavy metal ring securing the lower yards to a mast.
truss
verb
• tie up the wings and legs of (a chicken or other bird) before cooking.
• "Alfred had already trussed and stuffed the geese"
• support (a roof, bridge, or other structure) with a truss or trusses.
• "when they trussed the roof many things were overlooked."
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘bundle’): from Old French trusse (noun), trusser ‘pack up, bind in’, based on late Latin tors- ‘twisted’, from the verb torquere . truss (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 17th century.
