Trussing

truss  (trs)

n.

1. Medicine A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia.

2.

a. A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof.

b. Architecture A bracket.

3. Something gathered into a bundle; a pack.

4. Nautical An iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast.

5. Botany A compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk.

tr.v. trussed, truss·ing, truss·es

1. To tie up or bind tightly.

2. To bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking.

3. To support or brace with a truss.

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[Middle English trusse, bundle, from Old French trousse, from torser, trousser, to truss, possibly from Vulgar Latin *torsre, from *torsus, variant of Latin tortus, past participle of torqure, to twist; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots.]