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▸ noun: (architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
▸ noun: (architecture) A triangular bracket.
▸ noun: An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A bundle; a package.
▸ noun: (historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
▸ noun: (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
▸ noun: (botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
▸ noun: (nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
▸ verb: (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
▸ verb: (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
▸ verb: (transitive) To support.
▸ verb: To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
▸ verb: To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
▸ verb: (slang, archaic) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.
▸ noun: A surname from Old French.
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