truss
verb (used with object)
to tie, bind, or fasten.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Cooks are trussing fowls; confectioners are making jellies; kitchen-maids are plucking pigeons; huge crates of boiled tongues are being garnished on dishes.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various