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untruss

verb
un·truss | \ ˌən-ˈtrəs \
untrussed; untrussing; untrusses

Definition of untruss 

transitive verb

1 archaic : untie, unfasten —used in the phrase untruss one's points

2 archaic : undress

intransitive verb

archaic : to unfasten or take off one's clothes and especially one's breeches

First Known Use of untruss

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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