arch truss

arch truss

[′ärch ‚trəs]
(civil engineering)
A truss having the form of an arch or arches.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

arch truss

A truss having an arched upper chord (concave downward) and a straight bottom chord; there are vertical hangers between the two chords.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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