truss's Usage Examples:

trussed rafters to prevent slack nails at a later date.

From 1840, trusses, chiefly of timber but with wrought-iron tensionrods and cast-iron shoes, were adopted in America.

The Howe truss of 1830 and the Pratt truss of 1844 are examples.

10, which is known as the" dumpling,"this arrangement not only saving work and water, but acting as a support for the king post of a trussed holder when the holder is empty.

trussing systems can also be provided.

in the form of boxes with top and bottom plates, side plates, and angles with proper stiffening bars on the side plates, or " I's," or lattice, or other forms of truss work.

64) of queen-post trusses alternately upright and inverted.

In the Pratt truss the struts were vertical and the ties inclined.

Some timber bridges consist of queenpost trusses in the upright position, as shown diagrammatically in fig.

galleried lounge open to roof height, where the original roof trusses have been preserved.

In the former the main supporting member or members may be an arch ring or arched ribs, suspension chains or ropes, or a pair of girders, beams or trusses.

The Howe truss had timber chords and a lattice of timber struts, with vertical iron ties.

were used, and in some cases these were trussed with wrought iron.

Synonyms:

bandage, patch,

Antonyms:

unhook, unbuckle, detach,