Truss

truhs'truss'1 syllable
🇬🇧English
Supportive

MEANING

A framework supporting a structure

ORIGIN

English

ETYMOLOGY

From Old French 'trousser', meaning to bundle

CULTURAL NOTES

Commonly used in architecture and engineering contexts

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Used since the Middle Ages to describe supportive architectural structures

🌐Germanic
Solid

MEANING

A supportive tie or binding

ORIGIN

Germanic

ETYMOLOGY

Related to the Old High German 'trusso', meaning to tie or bind

CULTURAL NOTES

The term has been adapted into various European languages with similar meanings

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Historically used in construction and shipbuilding

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