Definition of untruss Untruss

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We found 6 definitions of untruss from 4 different sources.

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What does untruss mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • untruss (v. t.)
    To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress.
  • untruss (n.)
    Alt. of Untrusser

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • 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. Untrussed′, not trussed.—n. Untruss′er (obs.), one who untrusses persons for whipping

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • untruss
    To untruss a point; to let down one's breeches in order to ease one's self. Breeches were formerly tied with points, which till lately were distributed to the boys every Whit Monday by the churchwardens of most of the parishes in London, under the denomination of tags: these tags were worsteds of different colours twisted up to a size somewhat thicker than packthread, and tagged at both ends with tin. Laces were at the same given to the girls.

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