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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

Untruss :: Untruss (v. t.) To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress..

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

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

Suspensory :: Suspensory (n.) That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss.

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

Truss :: Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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