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To truss a person

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.

    It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet.
    --Chaucer.

  2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.]

    Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey.
    --Spenser.

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

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

  5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up. [Slang.]
    --Sir W. Scott.

    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.