a. 桁架的(构成的)

[ adj ]
bound or secured closely
<adj.all>
the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tieda trussed chicken

Truss \Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trussed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trussing}.] [F. trousser. See {Truss}, n.]
1. To bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a
truss. --Shak.

It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet.
--Chaucer.

2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce
upon. [Obs.]

Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. --Spenser.

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

4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the
body in cooking it.

5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
[Slang.] --Sir W. Scott.

{To truss a person} or {To truss one's self}, to adjust and
fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie
the laces of garments. [Obs.] ``Enter Honeysuckle, in his
nightcap, trussing himself.'' --J. Webster (1607).

{To truss up}, to strain; to make close or tight.

{Trussed beam}, a beam which is stiffened by a system of
braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.