TRUSSING

verb

1. To tie up a bird before cooking it.
2. To secure or bind with ropes.
3. To support.

noun

1. The timbers, etc., that form a truss.
2. The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, etc., by putting in struts, ties, etc., until 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 into the air with it.