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Tying securely
Answer for the clue "Tying securely ", 8 letters:
trussing
Word definitions for trussing in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Truss \Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trussed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trussing .] [F. trousser. See Truss , n.] To bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a truss. --Shak. It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet. --Chaucer. To take fast hold of; to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context architecture engineering English) The timbers, etc., that form a truss. 2 The art of stiffening or brace a set of timbers, etc., by putting in struts, ties, etc., until it has something of the character of a truss. 3 (context obsolete English) ...
Usage examples of trussing.
Afra and Flk were trussing bird and scurrier beast for the spit while Damia and Trp were doing multiple tasks with the rest of the meal.
Alfors and Kors were looking down at him as they wound their lassos tighter and tighter around him, trussing him up.
Before they sat down they both saw many friends: the Hydrographer to the Admiralty gave Jack a significant look, but said no more than 'I do hope you will soon give us another paper on nutation,' while the Surveyor to the Navy, Robert Seppings, the famous architect who had strengthened the Bellona with diagonal bracing and trussing, pushed through the press to ask Captain Aubrey how the ship had stood up to the huge seas and south-westerly gales off Brest.