English-Thai Dictionary

truss

N เสา ค้ำ  โครง ยึด  sao-kam

 

truss

VT มัด  ผูก  ยึด  จับ  mad

 

truss bridge

N สะพาน ข้าม เหว  sa-pan-kan-hel

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRUSS

n. 1. In a general sense, a bundle; as a truss of hay or straw. A truss of hay in England is half a hundred. A truss of straw is of different weights in different places.
2. In surgery, a bandage or apparatus used in cases of ruptures, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.
3. Among botanists, a truss or bunch is a tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk or stem of certain plants.
4. In navigation, a machine to pull a lower yard close to its mast and retain it firmly in that position.
5. [See Trous.]

 

TRUSS

v.t.To bind or pack close. 1. To skewer; to make fast.
To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight.

 

TRUSSED

pp. Packed or bound closely.

 

TRUSSING

ppr. Packing or binding closely.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRUSS

Truss, n. Etym: [OE. trusse, F. trousse, OF. also tourse; perhaps fr. L. tryrsus stalk, stem. Cf. Thyrsus, Torso, Trousers, Trousseau. ]

 

1. A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. Fabyan. Bearing a truss of trifles at his back. Spenser.

 

Note: A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. of old and 6 lbs. of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs.

 

2. 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. [Obs. ] Nares. Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore The stains of ancient arms. Drayton.

 

3. (Surg.)

 

Defn: A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

 

4. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.

 

5. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

 

6. (Arch. & Engin. )

 

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

 

TRUSS

Truss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trussing. ] Etym: [F. trousser. See Truss, n.]

 

1. To bind or pack close; to make into a truss. Shak. It [his hood ] was trussed up in his wallet. Chaucer.

 

2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs. ] Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. Spenser.

 

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

 

4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.

 

5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up. [Slang. ] Sir W. Scott. To truss a person or one'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 (16 7 ). -- To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight. -- Trussed beam, a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.

 

TRUSSING

TRUSSING Truss "ing, n.

 

1. (Arch. & Engin. )

 

Defn: The timbers, etc. , which form a truss, taken collectively. Weale.

 

2. (Arch. & Engin. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

truss

truss |trəs trəs | ▶noun 1 a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure: roof trusses. • a surgical appliance worn to support a hernia, typically a padded belt. • a large projection of stone or timber, typically one supporting a cornice. 2 Brit. chiefly historical a bundle of old hay (56 lb ), new hay (60 lb ), or straw (36 lb ). 3 a compact cluster of flowers or fruit growing on one stalk. 4 Sailing a heavy metal ring securing a lower yard to its mast. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 tie up the wings and legs of (a chicken or other bird ) before cooking. • tie up (someone ) with their arms at their sides: I found him trussed up in his closet. • (usu. be trussed up in ) dress (someone ) in elaborate or uncomfortable clothing: he was trussed up in a heavily padded suit, complete with face mask and protective gloves. 2 (usu. as adj. trussed ) support (a roof, bridge, or other structure ) with a truss or trusses. DERIVATIVES truss er noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘bundle ’): from Old French trusse (noun ), trusser ‘pack up, bind in, ’ based on late Latin tors- ‘twisted, ’ from the verb torquere. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the mid 17th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

truss

truss |trʌs | ▶noun 1 a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure: roof trusses. • a large projection of stone or timber, typically one supporting a cornice. 2 a surgical appliance worn to support a hernia, typically a padded belt. 3 Brit., chiefly historical a bundle of old hay (56 lb ), new hay (60 lb ), or straw (36 lb ). 4 a compact cluster of flowers or fruit growing on one stalk. 5 Sailing a heavy metal ring securing the lower yards to a mast. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 tie up the wings and legs of (a chicken or other bird ) before cooking. • tie up (someone ) with their arms at their sides: I found him trussed up in his cupboard. • (usu. be trussed up in ) dress (someone ) in elaborate or uncomfortable clothing: he was trussed up in a heavily padded suit, complete with face mask and protective gloves. 2 (usu. as adj. trussed ) support (a roof, bridge, or other structure ) with a truss or trusses. DERIVATIVES trusser noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘bundle ’): from Old French trusse (noun ), trusser ‘pack up, bind in ’, based on late Latin tors- ‘twisted ’, from the verb torquere. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the mid 17th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

truss

truss noun three steel trusses: support, buttress, joist, brace, beam, prop, strut, stay, stanchion, pier. ▶verb she taught us how to truss the hens before roasting: tie up, bind, chain up; pinion, fetter, tether, secure; swaddle, wrap.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

truss

truss noun 1 the bridge is supported by three steel trusses: support, buttress, joist, brace, prop, strut, stay, stanchion, shore, pier. 2 a hernia truss: surgical appliance, support, pad. ▶verb they trussed us up with ropes and chains: tie up, bind, chain up; pinion, fetter, tether, secure, fasten.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

truss

truss /trʌs /名詞 C 1 〘建 〙トラス, けた構え 〘建築 橋構造などの骨組み 〙.2 〘医 〙ヘルニア [脱腸 ]帯 .3 〘海 〙トラス 〘下けたをマストにくくり付ける金具 〙.4 〘植 〙(花などの )ひと房 .5 ｟英 ｠(干し草 わらの )束 .動詞 他動詞 1 …を (ロープなどで )縛る, くくる, 束ねる (up ).2 (料理用に )〈鳥 〉の翼 脚などを胴に縛る (up ).3 〈屋根 橋など 〉をけた構えで支える, 補強する .～́ br ì dge トラス橋 .