truss

I saw that the house had great bones, beams and trusses, but it was just in disrepair.

Agnoli, who worked as a carpenter prior to entering architecture, used long spans of wood to create massive trusses and spiraling nautilus shapesand formed brick into catenary arches.

The roof is long gone and huge timber roof trusses that once supported it have been stacked up in the street outside.

Convicted of second-degree murder, Clement was sent to the state prison in Vacaville, where he and two other inmates trussed a suspected informant to his bed before Clement cut out part of his tongue.

In short, he looked like a man trussed up and carried before the camera to tell his family that his kidnappers were treating him well.