truss in WordNet English dictionary

1. secure with or as if with ropes
   "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
   tie down  tie up  bind  truss 
   
2. support structurally
   "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
   truss 
   
3. tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
   truss 
   

1. (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
   corbel  truss 
   
2. a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
   truss 
   
3. (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
   truss