truss

A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia.

A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof.

An architectural bracket.

Something gathered into a bundle; a pack.

An iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast.

A compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk.

To tie up or bind tightly.

To bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking.

To support or brace with a truss.