[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

truss \truss\, v. t. imp.  p. p. trussed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   trussing. f. trousser. see truss, n.
   1. to bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a
      truss. --shak.
      1913 webster

            it his hood was trussed up in his wallet.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce
      upon. obs.
      1913 webster

            who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. to strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of
      a brace or braces.
      1913 webster

   4. to skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the
      body in cooking it.
      1913 webster

   5. to execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
      slang. --sir w. scott.
      1913 webster

   to truss a person or to truss one's self, to adjust and
      fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie
      the laces of garments. obs. "enter honeysuckle, in his
      nightcap, trussing himself." --j. webster 1607.

   to truss up, to strain; to make close or tight.

   trussed beam, a beam which is stiffened by a system of
      braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.
      1913 webster
see also:
trussed trussing truss to truss a person to truss one's self to truss up 
trussed beam 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

trussed
     adj : bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up
           with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed
           chicken" syn: tied
see also:
tied 

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