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truss
English
Etymology
From Old French trousse. Doublet of trousse.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /t??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
truss (plural trusses)
- A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- (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.
- (architecture) 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.
- (obsolete) A bundle; a package.
- bearing a truss of trifles at his back
- (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.
- (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
- (botany) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
- (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)
- (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
- (transitive) 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.
- (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
- rabbit
Declension
References
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN, page 23
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untruss
English
Etymology
From un- +? truss
Verb
untruss (third-person singular simple present untrusses, present participle untrussing, simple past and past participle untrussed)
- To free from a truss; to untie or unfasten
- a. 1701, John Dryden, epistle to Mr Julian
- The choleric wight, untrussing all in rage
- a. 1701, John Dryden, epistle to Mr Julian
Noun
untruss (plural untrusses)
- (obsolete) an untrusser or public whipper
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