a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression

a supporting strut

a spindly framework of long, slender struts, girders, and bracing wire

a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait

that old confident strut and swagger has returned

walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait

peacocks strut through the grounds

she strutted down the catwalk

brace (something) with a strut or struts

the holes were close-boarded and strutted