truss

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It is to his credit that the cathedral is not a simulacrum or facsimile, but a Gothic building, in all its structural reality, even the invisible oak roof truss above the vaults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Absent those images, watching Lois debone, stuff and truss up a turducken would be mouthwatering.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2024

The cargo hit an overhead brace, which in turn yanked one of the major truss beams inward, next to the southbound lanes, among other impacts.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

It is described as a continuous truss bridge, and its main span of 1,200ft was the third longest of any bridge of its type in the world.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

The flesh swollen and discolored in the truss of the black stitching.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy