What does "trussing" mean?

Trussing: (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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]

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