TRUSS


Meaning of TRUSS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trʌs ]

( trusses, trussing, trussed)

1.

To truss someone means to tie them up very tightly so that they cannot move. ( WRITTEN )

She trussed him quickly with stolen bandage, and gagged his mouth.

= bind

VERB : V n

Truss up means the same as truss .

She was trussed up with yellow nylon rope.

PHRASAL VERB : usu passive , be V-ed P , also V n P

2.

A truss is a special belt with a pad that a man wears when he has a hernia in order to prevent it from getting worse.

N-COUNT

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