📖 Definitions of "Trusses"
noun
- 1
A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- 2
A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
- 3
A triangular bracket.
- 4
An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
verb
- 1
To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- 2
To secure or bind with ropes.
- 3
To support.
- 4
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
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