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Kingtruss
Kingtruss King"truss` (Carp.)
A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges,
etc.
Pony trussPony Po"ny, n.; pl. Ponies. [Written also poney.] [Gael.
ponaidh.]
1. A small horse.
2. Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.]
3. A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting
lessons; a crib. [College Cant]
4. A small glass of beer. [Slang]
Pony chaise, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair
of ponies.
Pony engine, a small locomotive for switching cars from one
track to another. [U.S.]
Pony truck (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two
wheels.
Pony truss (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little
height that overhead bracing can not be used. Queen truss
Queen truss Queen" truss (Arch.)
A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.
Trussing
Trussing Truss"ing, n.
1. (Arch. & Engin.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss,
taken collectively. --Weale.
2. (Arch. & Engin.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of
timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc.,
till it has something of the character of a truss.
3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its
quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]
Untruss
Untruss Un*truss", v. t. [1st pref. un- + truss.]
To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or
unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] --Dryden.
Untruss
Untruss Un*truss", Untrusser Un*truss"er, n.
One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a
public whipper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Untrusser
Untruss Un*truss", Untrusser Un*truss"er, n.
One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a
public whipper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Meaning of TRUSS from wikipedia
- A
truss is an ****embly of
members such as beams,
connected by nodes, that
creates a
rigid structure. In engineering, a
truss is a
structure that "consists...
- Mary
Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a
British politician who
served as
Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom and
Leader of the
Conservative Party...
- A
truss bridge is a
bridge whose load-bearing
superstructure is
composed of a
truss, a
structure of
connected elements,
usually forming triangular units...
- The
Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) of the
International Space Station (ISS)
consists of a
linear arranged sequence of
connected trusses on
which various...
- The
Truss ministry began on 6
September 2022 when Liz
Truss was
invited by
Queen Elizabeth II—two days
before the monarch's death—to
succeed Boris Johnson...
- Look up
truss or
Truss in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
truss is an
architectural structure.
Truss or variant, may also
refer to:
Truss (surname)...
-
began a
livestream of an
iceberg lettuce next to a
framed photograph of Liz
Truss, who had
recently been
appointed the
prime minister of the
United Kingdom...
- The
truss rod is a
component of a
guitar or
other stringed instrument that
stabilizes the
lengthwise forward curvature (also
called relief) of the neck...
- In medicine, a
truss is a kind of
surgical appliance,
particularly one used for
hernia patients. A
truss provides support for the
herniated area, using...
- A Howe
truss is a
truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and
diagonals whose vertical members are in
tension and
whose diagonal members are in compression...
