Trussed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Trussed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trussed adj bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken" Synonym(s): trussed, tied
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.] [bd]Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself.[b8] --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.