truss : Idioms & Phrases


Jack truss

  • (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where the roof has not its full section.
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Pony truss

  • (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used.
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queen truss

Queen" truss
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.
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To truss a personone's self

  • to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. Obs. "Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself." J. Webster (1607).
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To truss up

  • to strain; to make close or tight.
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truss bridge

  • noun a bridge supported by trusses
WordNet

Truss rod

  • a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss.
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Trussed beam

  • a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.
Webster 1913