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untruss

[ uhn-truhs ]

verb (used with or without object)

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


untruss

/ ʌnˈtrʌs /

verb

  1. tr to release from or as if from a truss; unfasten
  2. obsolete.
    to undress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of untruss1

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

However, soon he bade me untruss him, for he felt sadly.

Untruss, un-trus′, v.t. to loosen or free from a truss: to unfasten, let down the breeches by undoing the points that kept them up, to undress.—adj.

It is ordered, that if any person shall untruss himself upon the lead in any part, or cut and mark the same with a knife or any other thing, such offender shall forfeit and pay for the use aforesaid, sixpence.

He calls this “a second untruss,” and was censured for having drawn it from personal revenge.

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

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