Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A block between a truss-rod and the compression-member of a trussed beam. It keeps the two at their proper distance apart.
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Examples
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"The port shaft broke off somewhere near the truss-block at the mouth of the sleeve of the shaft, and the outer end of the shaft and the propeller dropped to the bottom of the sea.
Quaint Courtships William Dean Howells 1878
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