different between trass vs truss

English

Alternative forms

• tarrace, tarras, terras

Etymology

From Dutch tras or German Trass, probably from Italian terrazzo (“terrace”). See terrace.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t???s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?æs/
• Rhymes: -??s, -æs

Noun

trass (countable and uncountable, plural trasses)

1. (geology) A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.
2. A coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.

Anagrams

• Stars, sarts, stars, tsars

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German tratz, tras

Noun

trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)

1. defiance, obstinacy

Derived terms

• trassig

Preposition

trass

1. in spite of

References

• “trass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “trass_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Presumably from German trotz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)

1. spite, stubbornness, contrariness, defiance

   Han gjorde det på trass.

   He did it out of spite.

Derived terms

• trassig

Preposition

trass

1. despite

See also

• tross (Bokmål)

References

• “trass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?s?/

  Rhymes: -??s?

Noun

trass m (definite singular trassn, definite plural trassa)

1. packing
2. rope

English

Etymology

From Old French trousse. Doublet of trousse.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /t??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

truss (plural trusses)

2. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
3. (architecture) 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.
4. (architecture) A triangular bracket.
5. 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.
6. (obsolete) A bundle; a package.

   • bearing a truss of trifles at his back

7. (historical) 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.

8. (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
9. (botany) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
10. (nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

truss (third-person singular simple present trusses, present participle trussing, simple past and past participle trussed)

1. (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
2. (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
3. (transitive) To support.
4. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
5. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
6. (slang, archaic) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Derived terms

• trussed up

Translations

Anagrams

• Rusts, rusts, sturs

Latgalian

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian ????? (trus?). Cognates include Latvian trusis and Lithuanian triušis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trus??/

Noun

truss m

1. rabbit

Declension

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN, page 23