truss
/tɹʌs/
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Northern England/tɹʊs/
truss noun: a bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
Noun
truss (plural trusses)
- 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.2008, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, chapter 4, in Professional Guide to Diseases, →ISBN, page 280
- 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.1952 September, “Chepstow River Bridge Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 623
- 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 back1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
- 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.1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned...
- 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
truss (third-person singular simple present trusses, present participle trussing, simple past and past participle trussed)
- 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]) […]1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 76, verso
- To support.
- To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
- who trussing me as eagle doth his prey1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18
- 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 nothing1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James...
- Synonyms:
- string up, tuck up, forhang, Guy Fawkes, hang, ketch, send to the scaffold, scrag, stretch
Proper noun capitalized: Truss
Truss (plural Trusses)
- 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.2022 March 9, Patrick Wintour, “Ukraine war marks paradigm shift on the scale of 9/11, says Liz Truss”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022
truss meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
truss in Hindi
- ट्रस
truss in Tamil
- உதைவணைப்பு, தாங்கணைவு, வலுச்சட்டப்படல், தூலக்கட்டு, திரள்கட்டு, பிதுக்கத் தடுப்புவலை
truss in Marathi
- ट्रस, ट्रस करण्यासाठी
truss in Urdu
- ٹرس, ٹراس, ٹرس کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- truss in Bengali
- ট্রাস, ট্রাস করতে
- truss in Telugu
- గోచి gōci
- truss in Malayalam
- ബന്ധിക്കുക, കെട്ടുക
- truss in Kannada
- ಕಟ್ಟು, ಆನು, ತಾಂಗು
- truss in Punjabi
- ਟਰੱਸ, ਟ੍ਰੱਸ, ਟ੍ਰੱਸ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- truss in Gujarati
- ટ્રસ, ટ્રુસ, ટ્રસ કરવા માટે
- truss in Odia
- ଟ୍ରସ୍, ଟ୍ରସ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- truss in Nepali
- ट्रस, ट्रुस, ट्रस गर्न
- truss in Indonesian
- rangka batang
Examples of truss in a sentence
- I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.
- “Truss, Kwarteng, and the people around them think they had to act quickly.
- Truss claims to have grown up in a “red wall” seat.
Synonyms of truss
Forms of truss
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | trusses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | trusses |
| present participle | trussing |
| past participle | trussed |
| past | trussed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Trusses |
Origin of truss
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.
From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser.
From Old French trousse (“bundle, pack”), a metonymic occupational surname for a peddler.
Words formed from truss
- Fink truss
- half through truss bridge
- hammer-beam truss
- hammer beam truss
- Howe truss
- jack truss
- king-post truss
- K truss
- logs in truss
- main truss
- nailed truss
- nanotruss
- parker truss
- plank truss
- polygonal truss
- queen truss
- through truss bridge
- timber truss
- truss beam
- truss beam bridge
- truss bridge
- truss framed bridge
- truss fuselage
- truss head rivet
- truss joint
- trussmaker
- truss maker
- truss member
- truss of straw
- truss pad
- truss post
- truss rod
- trusswork
- Vierendeel truss
- Warren truss
- wooden truss
- X truss
- Trussian
- Trussite
- Trussonomics
- trussed up
- trusser
- truss up
- untruss
Phrases with truss
Words that rhyme with truss
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Questions about truss
- What does truss mean?
- Truss means a bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- What is truss in Hindi?
- Truss in Hindi is ट्रस. See Truss meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is truss?
- Truss can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce truss?
- Truss is pronounced /tɹʌs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of truss?
- The plural of truss is trusses.
Words near truss in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: truss (page history and authors); Truss (page history and authors); truss (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); truss (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); truss (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); truss (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); truss (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); గోచి (Telugu) (page history and authors); truss (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); truss (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); truss (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); truss (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); truss (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); truss (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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