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

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

Bracing :: Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss..

Chord :: Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension..

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..

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

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

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..

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

Member :: Member (n.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss..

Hogframe :: Hogframe (n.) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback..

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

Truss :: Truss (n.) To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

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

Trussing :: Trussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trus.

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..

Hammer-beam :: Hammer-beam (n.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam..

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

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..

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..

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