truss

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /tɹʌs/
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• Northern-England: /tɹʊs/
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From Old French trousse (“bundle, pack”), a metonymic occupational surname for a peddler.

From Middle English trusse, from Old French trousse, torse, from Vulgar Latin *torsus, variant of Classical Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō. Doublet of torse and trousse.

From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: банда́ж (bandáž) — bandage and belt
• Catalan: braguer — bandage and belt
• Czech: kýlní pás — bandage and belt
• Danish: brokbind — bandage and belt
• Finnish: tyrävyö — bandage and belt
• French: bandage herniaire — bandage and belt
• German: Bruchband — bandage and belt
• Ido: bandajo — bandage and belt
• Italian: cinto — bandage and belt
• Italian: cinto erniario — bandage and belt
• Korean: 탈장대 (taljangdae) — bandage and belt
• Plautdietsch: Bruchbaunt — bandage and belt
• Russian: банда́ж (bandáž) — bandage and belt
• Scottish Gaelic: crios-taice — bandage and belt
• Serbo-Croatian: pojas za kilu — bandage and belt
• Serbo-Croatian: trbušni pojas — bandage and belt
• Serbo-Croatian: suspenzor za kilu — bandage and belt
• Spanish: faja para hernia — bandage and belt
• Turkish: kasık bağı — bandage and belt
• Turkish: fıtık bağı — bandage and belt
• Turkish: fıtık kemeri — bandage and belt
• Turkish: fıtık korsesi — bandage and belt
• Bulgarian: фе́рма (férma) — framework of beams
• Bulgarian: подпорна конструкция (podporna konstrukcija) — framework of beams
• Catalan: gelosia — framework of beams
• Chinese Mandarin: 桁架 (héngjià) — framework of beams
• Czech: příhradový /nosník — framework of beams
• Finnish: ristikkorakenne — framework of beams
• Finnish: ansas — framework of beams
• French: treillis — framework of beams
• French: structure triangulée — framework of beams
• German: Fachwerkträger — framework of beams
• German: Fachwerk — framework of beams
• German: Dachstuhl — framework of beams
• German: Dachwerk — framework of beams
• German: Dachtragwerk — framework of beams
• German: Traverse — framework of beams
• German: Binder — framework of beams
• German: Sprengwerk — framework of beams
• German: Hängewerk — framework of beams
• German: Gebälk — framework of beams
• German: Ständerwerk — framework of beams
• German: Dachbalken — framework of beams
• German: Träger — framework of beams
• German: Dachträger — framework of beams
• German: Dachgebälk — framework of beams
• Hungarian: tartószerkezet — framework of beams
• Indonesian: rangka batang — framework of beams
• Ingrian: kuuritsa — framework of beams
• Italian: struttura reticolare — framework of beams
• Japanese: トラス (torasu) — framework of beams
• Norwegian: fagverk — framework of beams
• Portuguese: treliça — framework of beams
• Russian: фе́рма (férma) — framework of beams
• Spanish: cercha — framework of beams
• Spanish: entramado — framework of beams
• Turkish: makas — framework of beams
• Turkish: çatı — framework of beams
• Ottoman Turkish: چاتی (çatı) — framework of beams
• Ottoman Turkish: مقص (makas) — framework of beams
• Finnish: ansas — architecture: triangular bracket
• Norwegian: fagverk — architecture: triangular bracket
• Spanish: entramado — architecture: triangular bracket
• Bulgarian: наръч (narǎč) — farming measurement
• German: Garbe — farming measurement
• Scottish Gaelic: muillean — farming measurement
• Bulgarian: сноп (snop) — bundle; package
• Bulgarian: грозд (grozd) — bundle; package
• Finnish: nippu — bundle; package
• German: Garbe — bundle; package
• German: Bündel — bundle; package
• German: Bund — bundle; package
• German: Büschel — bundle; package
• German: Binde — bundle; package
• German: Fessel — bundle; package
• German: Strohbund — bundle; package
• German: Rispe — bundle; package
• German: Leibbinde — historical: part of a woman's dress; a stomacher
• German: Bauchbinde — historical: part of a woman's dress; a stomacher
• Serbo-Croatian: plastron — historical: part of a woman's dress; a stomacher
• Bulgarian: кичур (kičur) — botany: tuft of flowers
• German: Büschel — botany: tuft of flowers
• German: Schopf — botany: tuft of flowers
• German: Puschel — botany: tuft of flowers
• German: Schüppel — botany: tuft of flowers
• German: Horst — botany: tuft of flowers
• Hungarian: buga — botany: tuft of flowers
• Russian: гроздь (grozdʹ) — botany: tuft of flowers
• Finnish: rakki — nautical: rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast
• Irish: coiléar — nautical: rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast
• Irish: coiléar giordáin — nautical: rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast
• Dutch: opbinden — to tie up a bird before cooking it
• Finnish: sitoa — to tie up a bird before cooking it
• Bulgarian: връзвам (vrǎzvam) — to secure or bind with ropes
• Czech: svázat — to secure or bind with ropes
• Finnish: sitoa — to secure or bind with ropes
• Finnish: köyttää — to secure or bind with ropes
• Māori: whakapiki — to secure or bind with ropes
• Māori: tūpiki — to secure or bind with ropes
• Māori: whakarorerore — to secure or bind with ropes
• Scottish Gaelic: ceangail — to secure or bind with ropes
• Scottish Gaelic: trus — to secure or bind with ropes
• Bulgarian: поддържам (poddǎržam) — to support
• Bulgarian: укрепвам (ukrepvam) — to support
• Czech: podepřít — to support
• Finnish: tukea — to support