trussing

Truss"ing, n. 1. (Arch. & Engin.) Defn: The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively. Weale. 2. (Arch. & Engin.) Defn: The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss. 3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]

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