英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Trunnel
(n.)
See Treenail.
Trunnion
(n.)
A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether
gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the
carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.
Trunnion
(n.)
A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder,
to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.
Trunnioned
(a.)
Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of
an oscillating steam engine.
Trusion
(n.)
The act of pushing or thrusting.
Truss
(n.)
A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.
Truss
(n.)
A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the
body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a
stomacher.
Truss
(n.)
A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up
the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other
purposes.
Truss
(n.)
A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or
stem, of certain plants.
Truss
(n.)
The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the
mast.
Truss
(n.)
An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two
points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points,
with the least possible strain across the length of any member.
Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often
contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater
massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in
accordance with the exigencies of style.
Truss
(n.)
To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
Truss
(n.)
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce
upon.
Truss
(n.)
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a
brace or braces.
Truss
(n.)
To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body
in cooking it.
Truss
(n.)
To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
Trussed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Truss
Trussing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Truss
Trussing
(n.)
The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken
collectively.
Trussing
(n.)
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.