trussing

To tie up a bird before cooking it.

To secure or bind with ropes.

To support.

To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.

To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.

The timbers, etc., that form a truss.

The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, etc., by putting in struts, ties, etc., until it has something of the character of a truss.

The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it.