Obs. [attrib. use of prec. sb. in similative sense; cf. TRUSSED 1 b.] Of a thick rounded form, like a bundle or parcel; neatly and compactly framed; tight, compact; in quot. a. 1722, shrunken, shrivelled.
1674. Lond. Gaz., No. 909/4. A truss well underlaid Horse.
1699. Dampier, Voy., II. II. 62. The Tigre-Cat is about the bigness of a Bull-Dog, with short Legs, and a truss Body.
1709. Lond. Gaz., No. 4608/4. A truss well set Lad, about 16 years of Age.
a. 1722. Lisle, Husb. (1752), 265. I … observed the cod [of the ox] to be truss.
1825. Cobbett, Rur. Rides (1830), I. 85. A pretty, little, oldish, smart, truss, nice cockney-looking gentleman.
