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A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.

A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

specially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. [Obs.] "Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself." J. Webster (1607). -- To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight. -- Trussed beam, a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.…