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1. Medicine A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia.

a. A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof.

b. Architecture A bracket.

3. Something gathered into a bundle; a pack.

4. Nautical An iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast.

5. Botany A compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk.

tr.v. trussed, truss·ing, truss·es

1. To tie up or bind tightly.

2. To bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking.

3. To support or brace with a truss.

[Middle English trusse, bundle, from Old French trousse, from torser, trousser, to truss, possibly from Vulgar Latin *torsre, from *torsus, variant of Latin tortus, past participle of torqure, to twist; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

truss

Verb

1. to tie or bind (someone) up

2. to bind the wings and legs of (a fowl) before cooking

Noun

1. Med a device for holding a hernia in place

2. a framework of wood or metal used to support a roof, bridge, etc.

3. a cluster of flowers or fruit growing at the end of a single stalk [Old French trousse]

Truss a pack or package; a bundle of hay or straw; a cluster of flowers or fruit.

Examples: truss of minor associations, 1878; of the most barbarous authors, 1531; of grass, 1400; of hay, 1483; of straw, 1609; of trifles.

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Noun	1.	truss - (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure bandage, patch - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
	2.	truss - a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure framework - a structure supporting or containing something truss bridge - a bridge supported by trusses
	3.	truss - (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) corbel wall bracket, bracket - a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
Verb	1.	truss - tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" tie, bind - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
	2.	truss - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" tie down, tie up, bind chain up - tie up with chains; "chain up the prisoners" faggot up, fagot, faggot - bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks" faggot, fagot - fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them hog-tie - tie together somebody's limbs; "The prisoner was hog-tied" restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
	3.	truss - support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges" hold up, support, sustain, hold - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"