Republic of. Formerly Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the S part of Borneo, the W part of New Guinea, the Moluccas, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali, and Madura: gained independence from the Netherlands in 1949.
Definition of truss. 1 : an iron band around a lower mast with an attachment by which a yard is secured to the mast. 2a : bracket 1b : an assemblage of members (such as beams) forming a rigid framework. 3 : a device worn to reduce a hernia by pressure.
This house uses trusses for the roof framing. Trusses are pre-fabricated, triangulated wooden structures used to support the roof. The alternative is to build up the roof's frame with 2x8s and 2x10s. Trusses are quite common these days because they have five big advantages from the builder's standpoint: Trusses are incredibly strong. Because they are built strictly from shorter lengths of 2x4 lumber, they are generally a lot less expensive than the alternative. You can have just about any shape custom-built, and this allows interesting features like cathedral ceilings at low cost.