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- [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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