Trusses

Word TRUSSES
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Definitions and meanings of "Trusses"

What do we mean by trusses?

A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

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.

A triangular bracket.

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.

A bundle; a package.

A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.

Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.

A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.

The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.

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The word "trusses" in example sentences

The stress in the trusses is determined by a system of constraint equations that represent the balancing of forces at each node. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The building failed at the joints, and at the lightweight floor trusses from the weight of the falling building in motion. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The trusses were the only light moment in a grim season. ❋ Patricia O'Toole (2008)

There ought to be a law passed prohibiting drug stores from selling those so-called trusses that don't hold or give a man a minute's peace. ❋ Cluthe Rupture Institute (N/A)

I had tried several so-called trusses with poor results up to last May, when you fitted me, and I can positively state that from that day my rupture has not been down since. ❋ Cluthe Rupture Institute (N/A)

The Colonial design is interesting above the keyboard; the arches below the "trusses" are out of scale. ❋ Various (N/A)

Even if there is any druggist in the country who _does_ happen to know much about rupture and about fitting trusses, he'd have to be a mighty bright man to be able to fit you at all properly with the kind of trusses sold in the average drug-store. ❋ Cluthe Rupture Institute (N/A)

What naval officer who may read these words was ever shipmate with rope "trusses" for the lower yards, or with a hemp messenger? ❋ Unknown (1877)

This is mechanically efficient -- the trusses allow you to take out a lot of material that isn't bearing load in the structural element. ❋ Samita Mohanasundaram (2012)

If you zoom into each of the pieces of the tower, those pieces called struts are each made of trusses themselves. ❋ Samita Mohanasundaram (2012)

If you zoom in further, you can see that each strut is also made up of trusses. ❋ Samita Mohanasundaram (2012)

The Eiffel Tower is essentially a truss of truss of trusses! ❋ Samita Mohanasundaram (2012)

The gym is a heap of collapsed girders and trusses. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Even though it was squat and ugly, with bricked-in windows and weeds protruding from the foundation, the openness of the space was wonderful remember, Model Ts had once had a home there, and a trip to the mezzanine revealed that above the plaster drop ceiling were magnificent bow trusses that crossed the rounded ceiling. ❋ Peggy Brennan (2011)

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