truss

Meanings

Noun

• A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
• 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.
• 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.
• A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
• Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
• A tuft of flowers 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

• To tie up a bird before cooking it.
• To secure or bind with ropes.
• To support.
• To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
• 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.

Origin

• From Old French trousse. trousse.