Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place. · A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge. · A triangular bracket. · An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
From Middle English trusse, from Old French trousse, torse, from Vulgar Latin *torsus, variant of Classical Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō. Doublet of torse and trousse.
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