truss bridge

A bridge which depends for its stability upon the application of the principle of the tru . Short bridges of this cla may be formed by a single tru ; larger structures are composed of a system of tru es or bays so connected that the spaces between the abutments and the piers may each be regarded as a single compound tru . IMG:content-1503.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To put or make up into a tru or bundle; to pack up. (Frequently followed by up .) "You might have tru 'd him and all his apparel into an eel-skin."- Shakesp .: Henry IV., Pt . II ., iii. 2. 2. To seize and hold firmly; to seize and carry off or aloft. (Said especially of birds of prey.) "The vigorous hawk, exerting every nerve, Tru 'd in mid-air bears down her captive prey." Somerville: Field Sports . *3. To tie up. "Cleopatra cast out certain chains and ropes, in which Antonius was tru ed."-North: Plutarch , p. 781. 4. To hang. (Frequently with up .) "When for a sheepe the ignorant are trust." Whetstone: Promos and Cas sandra, ii. 5. To adjust and fasten the clothes of; to draw tight and tie the laces of, as dre ; hence, spec if., to skewer, to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body for cooking. By extension, to tru to prepare for cooking, disembowel, . II. Build .: To furnish with a tru or tru es; to suspend or support by a tru . 4209 trŭ ed, pa. par. & a. [TRUSS, v.] A. As pa. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Provided with a tru or tru es. tru ed-beam, s. A compound beam composed of two beams secured together side by side with a tru , generally of iron, between them.