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Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

Queen Truss :: Queen truss () A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.

Eye :: Eye (n.) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope..

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain..

Truss :: Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

Untruss :: Untruss (v. t.) To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress..

Span :: Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports..

Untruss :: Untruss (n.) Alt. of Untrusse.

Principal :: Principal (n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing..

Kilt :: Kilt (v. t.) To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes..

Plate :: Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters..

Panel :: Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.

Hip :: Hip (n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord..

Truss :: Truss (n.) A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it..

Truss :: Truss (n.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants..

Truss :: Truss (n.) 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..

Bracing :: Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss..

Hogframe :: Hogframe (n.) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback..

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