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–adjective Heraldry.

close (def. 54).

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; truss, -ed²

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n.

Medicine A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia.
1. A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof.
2. Architecture A bracket.
Something gathered into a bundle; a pack.
Nautical An iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast.
Botany A compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk.

tr.v. trussed, truss·ing, truss·es

To tie up or bind tightly.
To bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking.
To support or brace with a truss.

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

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