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Truss :: Truss (n.) To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.

Truss :: Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it..

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively..

Untruss :: Untruss (n.) Alt. of Untrusse.

Panel :: Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss..

Kilt :: Kilt (v. t.) To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes..

Trussed :: Trussed (imp. & p. p.) of Trus.

Gambrel :: Gambrel (v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain..

Supportful :: Supporter (n.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.

Span :: Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports..

Truss :: Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes..

Portal :: Portal (n.) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces..

Oueen-post :: Oueen-post (n.) One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post..

Truss :: Truss (n.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants..

King-post :: King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post..

Truss :: Truss (n.) A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher..

Butting Joint :: Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint..

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss..

Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs..

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