truss

noun

/trʌs/

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a special belt with a thick piece of material, worn by somebody suffering from a hernia in order to support the muscles
a frame made of pieces of wood or metal used to support a roof, bridge, etc.Topics Buildingsc2

Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘bundle’): from Old French trusse (noun), trusser ‘pack up, bind in’, based on late Latin tors- ‘twisted’, from the verb torquere. Sense (2) dates from the mid 17th cent.

truss

verb

/trʌs/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they truss	/trʌs/ /trʌs/
he / she / it trusses	/ˈtrʌsɪz/ /ˈtrʌsɪz/
past simple trussed	/trʌst/ /trʌst/
past participle trussed	/trʌst/ /trʌst/
-ing form trussing	/ˈtrʌsɪŋ/ /ˈtrʌsɪŋ/

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truss somebody/something (up) to tie up somebody’s arms and legs so that they cannot move
- The guard had been gagged and trussed up.
truss something to tie the legs and wings of a chicken, etc. before it is cooked