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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as untrusser.
  • To untie or unfasten; loose from a truss, or as from a truss; let out; specifically, to loose, as to let down the breeches by untying the points by which they were held up; undress.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress.
  • noun obsolete One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To free from a truss; to untie or unfasten
  • noun obsolete an untrusser or public whipper

Etymologies

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From un- +‎ truss

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