truss
noun/trʌs/
/trʌs/
- a special belt with a thick piece of material, worn by somebody who has a hernia in order to support the muscles
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- 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.
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