Crossword clues for trussing
trussing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Truss \Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trussing.] [F. trousser. See Truss, n.]
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To bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a truss.
--Shak.It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet.
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To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.]
Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey.
--Spenser. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.
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To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up. [Slang.]
--Sir W. Scott.To truss a person or To truss one's self, to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, 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.
Trussing \Truss"ing\, n.
(Arch. & Engin.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively.
--Weale.(Arch. & Engin.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.
The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]
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) The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seize its quarry and soaring into the air with it. vb. (present participle of truss 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.