Truss
/trʌs/noun
A truss is a framework or bundle used to support, bind, or hold something in place.
Did you know?The same old French root behind English *truss* also gave us *trust*, because both descend from a Germanic idea of something held firmly or made secure.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*traustam
“support, help, confidence”
Old French
OF
trusse
“a bundle or package; a fastening”
Middle English
English
trusse
“to bind or pack tightly”
16th Century
English
truss
“a band or apparatus for supporting the body or securing something”
Modern English
English
truss
“a framework for supporting weight, or to bind firmly”