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.
2. (Arch. & Engin.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of
timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc.,
till it has something of the character of a truss.
3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its
quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]