Editing Truss (section)

== Etymology ==
''Truss'' derives from the [[Old French]] word ''trousse'', from around 1200 AD, which means "collection of things bound together".<ref>Reif, F., [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=truss etymonline.com] (1965).</ref><ref>Oxford English Dictionary</ref> The term ''truss'' has often been used to describe any assembly of members such as a [[cruck]] frame<ref>Noble, Allen George. Traditional buildings a global survey of structural forms and cultural functions. London: I.B. Tauris; 2007. 115. {{ISBN|1845113055}}</ref><ref>Davies, Nikolas, and Erkki Jokiniemi. Dictionary of architecture and building construction. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2008. 394. {{ISBN|0750685026}}</ref> or a couple of rafters.<ref>Davies, Nikolas, and Erkki Jokiniemi. Architect's illustrated pocket dictionary. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2011. 121. {{ISBN|0080965377}}</ref><ref>Crabb, George. Universal Technological Dictionary Or Familiar Explanation of the Terms used in All Arts and Sciences...", Volume 1 London: 1823. Couples.</ref>