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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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 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 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  trussed
     vb.
     (infl of en truss  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  trussed
     vb.
     (infl of en truss  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  trussed
     vb.
     (infl of en truss  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  trussed
     vb.
     (infl of en truss  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Trussed /tɹˈʌst/
  مربوط

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  trussed /tɹˈʌst/
  abgesprengt, verfacht , Fachwerk…
           Note: Zimmerei
     Synonym: truss frame …
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  trussed /tɹˈʌst/
  verstärkt, beschlagen
   see: truss sth., trussing, truss a barrel with hoops
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  trussed /tɹˈʌst/
  zusammengebunden, gebündelt
     Synonym: bound
  
   see: bind sth., truss sth., binding, trussing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  trussed /tɹˈʌst/
  zusammengeschnürt, gefesselt
     Synonym: trussed up
  
   see: truss sb., truss up sb., trussing, trussing up
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  trussed /tɹˈʌst/
  rešetkast

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