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Truss
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from O. Fr. trusser, trosser, torser, trousser, to pack, bind, gird up, Low Lat. tortiare, formed from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist; cf. "torch" and "trousers," also trousseau, a bride's outfit, literally a small pack or bundle), a pack or bundle, applied specifically to a quantity of hay or straw tied together in a bundle. A truss of straw contains 36 lb, of old hay 56 lb, of new hay 60 lb. A load contains 36 trusses. The term is also used generally of a supporting frame or structure, especially in the construction of a roof or a bridge. It is thus used as the name of a surgical appliance, a belt with an elastic spring keeping in place a pad used as a support in cases of hernia.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Truss'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/truss.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Truss'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/truss.html. 1910.
