trussed
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- bound or secured closely“the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied”“a trussed chicken”Synonyms: tied
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]