From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtrusstruss1 /trʌs/ verb [transitive] 1 (also truss up)TIE to tie someone’s arms, legs etc very firmly with rope so that they cannot move They trussed up their victim and left him for dead.2 DFCto prepare a chicken, duck etc for cooking by tying its legs and wings into position→ See Verb table
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truss• Sometimes I resent having to truss myself up like a stuffed chicken.trusstruss2 noun [countable] 1 MHa special belt worn to support a hernia (=medical problem that affects the muscles below your stomach)2 TEAAa frame supporting a roof or bridgeExamples from the Corpus
truss• The 517-foot-long truss is painted ballpark green and resembles a large bridge.• Salvaged church timbers, even complete roof trusses are much in evidence.• Wasson said a steel truss weighing about 2 million pounds will be raised atop the northeast and southeast towers on May 20-21.• And that belief might have been linked to the character of the man in charge of the operation of assembling the trusses.• Hunts Point were first and foremost stone contractors, and they had hired an engineering firm to design and make the trusses.• The neck has just the right amount of forward relief, and needs no adjustment to the truss rod.• The trusses are supported on the external load-bearing brickwork.Origin truss1 (1100-1200) Old French trousser; → TROUSSEAU 