truss : Idioms & Phrases
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Jack truss
(Arch.) , in a hip roof, a minor truss used where the roof has not its full section.
Webster 1913
Pony truss
(Bridge Building) , a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used.
Webster 1913
queen truss
Queen" truss
Definitions
(Arch.) A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.
Webster 1913
To truss a person ∨ 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).
Webster 1913
To truss up
- to strain; to make close or tight.
Webster 1913
truss bridge
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noun a bridge supported by trusses
WordNet
Truss rod
- a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss.
Webster 1913
Trussed beam
- a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.