draw tight

To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.

Draw tight and tie with a hard knot at the point of beginning.

Truss, trus, n. a bundle: timbers fastened together for binding a beam or supporting a roof: in ships, the rope or iron for keeping the lower yard to the mast: a tuft of flowers at the top of the main stalk or stem: a bandage or apparatus used in hernia to retain reduced parts, or to hinder protusion.—v.t. to bind up: to pack close: to furnish with a truss: to draw tight and tie: to skewer in cooking.—n.

Strait′en, to make strait or narrow: to confine: to draw tight: to distress: to put into difficulties.—adjs.

Astringe′, to bind together: to draw tight: hence to render constipated.—n.