untruss
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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(tr) to release from or as if from a truss; unfasten
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obsolete to undress
Etymology
Origin of untruss
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un- 2, truss
Example Sentences
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And, as far off as they could perceive him, they ran thronging upon the back of one another in all haste towards him, to unload him of his money, and untruss his portmantles.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
You must untruss; I rode this my last circuit purposely, because I would be judge of your actions.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
Rude hands seized me from behind, and the doublet was torn from my back by fingers that never paused to untruss my points.
From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Sabatini, Rafael
To untruss a point; to let down one's breeches in order to ease one's self.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
Quick, quick, untruss me; I will truss and trounce thee.
From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by Fletcher, John
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