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

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..

Principal :: Principal (n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing..

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

Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

Hip :: Hip (n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord..

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

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..

Kingtruss :: Kingtruss () A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc..

Queen Truss :: Queen truss () A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.

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

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..

Truss :: Truss (n.) An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style..

Truss :: Truss (n.) A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.

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

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

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

Untrusser :: Untrusser (n.) One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.

Plate :: Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters..

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