Truss

trus, n. a bundle: timbers fastened together for binding a beam or supporting a roof: in ships, the rope or iron for keeping the lower yard to the mast: a tuft of flowers at the top of the main stalk or stem: a bandage or apparatus used in hernia to retain reduced parts, or to hinder prot us i on.— v.t. to bind up: to pack close: to furnish with a tru : to draw tight and tie: to skewer in cooking.— n. Tru ′-beam , a wooden beam strengthened by a tie-rod.— adj. Tru ed .— n. Tru ′ing , in ship-building, diagonal timbers or iron plates cro ing the ribs internally, and consolidating the whole together. [O. Fr. tro er , orig. torser , to bind together—L. tort us , pa.p. of torquēre , to twist.]