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A web of triangles holding up your roof while pretending gravity isn't a problem.
means A truss is a rigid framework of beams arranged in triangles to support a structure like a roof or bridge, or, in other senses, a device worn to support a hernia, or the act of binding something (or someone) up tightly.
from From Old French 'trousse,' a bundle or pack, and the verb 'trousser,' to bind up or tuck — the same root that gave English 'trousseau,' a bride's bundle of belongings. The original idea was simply something tied together into a tidy package; over centuries it stretched to mean a bundle of hay, a bound-up bird ready for roasting, a medical support, and finally the bundled triangles of timber that hold a roof aloft.
- triangle trick
- Triangles can't deform, so they bear loads ruthlessly
- bridge backbone
- Truss design spans gaps no single beam survives
- medical cameo
- A truss also braces hernias back into place
- prime minister
- Liz Truss outlasted only a head of lettuce
forth bridge — scottish cantilever truss bridge completed 1890, spans 2.7 km across firth of forth
brooklyn bridge — hybrid cable-stayed and truss bridge opened 1883, spans east river between manhattan and brooklyn
liz truss — 49-day prime minister of united kingdom in september 2022