( n. )
The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.
( n. )
The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012