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What is the noun for truss?

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truss
  1. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
  2. (architecture) 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. (architecture) 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.
  5. (obsolete) A bundle; a package.
  6. (historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
  7. (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
  8. (botany) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
  9. (nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
  10. Synonyms:
      11. support, brace, bracket, pad, beam, reinforcement, joist, rafter, girder, buttress, column, prop, underpinning, stay, stanchion, mount, shore, pole, post, spur, rod, stave, mounting, rib, block, bearing, cantilever, splint, strut, bar, crossbeam, tiebeam, I-beam, foundation, substructure, hold, platform, base, pillar, groundwork, cornerstone, fulcrum, backing, substratum, stilt, rampart, scaffold, foothold, K-member, structural section … more
  11. Examples:
      12. “For symptomatic hernias in younger men a truss may allow continuation of heavy work with greater comfort while awaiting operation.”
      “An adjacent intermodal bus depot is also being rebuilt, with six roof trusses 45 ft to 108 ft long and 8 ft deep replacing piers.”
trussing
  1. (architecture, engineering) The timbers, etc., that form a truss.
  2. The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, etc., by putting in struts, ties, etc., until it has something of the character of a truss.
  3. (obsolete) The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. tying, lashing, securing, tethering, binding, ligature, tying up, truss, support, brace, beam, buttress, strut, reinforcement, prop, shore, stanchion, stay, joist, bracket, pier … more
trusswork
  1. Engineering structures consisting of trusses
trusser
  1. One who, or that which, trusses.
trussings
  1. plural of trussing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tyings, lashing, tethering, bindings, ligature, trusses, support, braces, beams, buttresses, struts, reinforcement, props, shores, stanchions, stays, joists, brackets, piers … more
trussers
  1. plural of trusser
trusses
  1. plural of truss
  2. Synonyms:
      3. support, braces, brackets, pads, beams, joists, bar, girders, splints, rafters, struts, reinforcement, crossbeams, I-beams, studs, spars, tiebeams, casts, calipers, callipers, crossmembers, mainstays, bearings, stanchions, bracers, shores, posts, buttresses, cantilevers, sprags, mounts, mountings, props, stays, guys, levers, rods, arms, underpinnings, columns, strengtheners, staves, battens, bands, bolsters, sustainers, staffs, poles, blocks, skids … more
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