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

Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..

Oueen-post :: Oueen-post (n.) One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post..

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..

Gambrel :: Gambrel (v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

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

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

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

Kingtruss :: Kingtruss () A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

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

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

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..

Suspensory :: Suspensory (n.) That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss.

Chord :: Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension..

Portal :: Portal (n.) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces..

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

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..

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

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