untruss

American  

[uhn-truhs] / ʌnˈtrʌs /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

1. to loose from or as if from a truss.

---

untruss British  

/ ʌnˈtrʌs /

verb

1. (tr) to release from or as if from a truss; unfasten

2. obsolete to undress

---

Etymology

Origin of untruss

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; un- ², truss

Example Sentences

Arrange on a very hot dish, untruss, throw in two tablespoons of white broth.

From Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc. by Estes, Rufus

"You may untruss him, Kenneth, when I am gone," said he.

From The Tavern Knight by Sabatini, Rafael

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

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