All 3 Uses of
truss
in
The Aeneid
- Thus on some silver swan, or tim'rous hare, Jove's bird comes sousing down from upper air; Her crooked talons truss the fearful prey: Then out of sight she soars, and wings her way.†
Book 9 *
- Not with more ease the falcon, from above, Trusses in middle air the trembling dove, Then plumes the prey, in her strong pounces bound: The feathers, foul with blood, come tumbling to the ground.†
Book 11
- For, sudden, in the fiery tracts above, Appears in pomp th' imperial bird of Jove: A plump of fowl he spies, that swim the lakes, And o'er their heads his sounding pinions shakes; Then, stooping on the fairest of the train, In his strong talons truss'd a silver swan.†
Book 12
Definition:
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(truss as in: the roof's trusses) a structural form (rigid, web-like assembly of smaller, usually triangular members) that supports a roof, bridge or other structure