sash vs truss

sash

noun
  • A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist. 

  • A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows. 

  • The opening part (casement) of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window. 

  • The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate. 

  • A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a barrier between chemicals and people. 

  • A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions. 

verb
  • To adorn with a sash. 

  • To furnish with a sash. 

truss

noun
  • Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher. 

  • The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast. 

  • A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place. 

  • A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants. 

  • A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction. 

  • A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge. 

  • A triangular bracket. 

  • An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load. 

verb
  • To secure or bind with ropes. 

  • To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. 

  • To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces. 

  • To tie up a bird before cooking it. 

  • To support. 

How often have the words sash and truss occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )