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Trussed

adjective

Bound or secured closely. Synonym: tied. "A trussed chicken"

Truss

verb

(past & past part. trussed; pres. part. trussing)

Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it.

Secure with or as if with ropes. Synonyms: bind, tie down, tie up. "Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

Support structurally. "Trussed bridges"

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"Trussed" Quotes from Famous Books

... is this?" said the Duke; and seizing the lamp which stood beside the car, he raised it so that its light fell on the two figures. Then it was clear what had happened: they were trussed like two ...

— Arsene Lupin • Edgar Jepson

... fifty feet long, and costing only a few hundreds, may show more engineering skill than the largest and most costly viaducts in America. Few bridges require more knowledge of mechanics and of materials than Mr. Haupt's little "trussed girders" on the Pennsylvania Central Road,—consisting of a single piece of timber, trussed with a single rod, under each rail ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II., November, 1858., No. XIII. • Various

... he was to be turned over to Mr. Fung, for what purpose Lord North did not know. At noon, Mr. Ruperti had him for half an hour. From half past twelve till three the prince could play; that is, he could walk through the grounds around Leicester House, trussed up in fine clothes like a turkey for the spit, but he couldn't kick up his heels or turn somersaults on the grass; he must be a nice little gentleman in lace and ruffles. At three o'clock he had dinner. At half past four the dancing-master, Mr. Deneyer, taught him the minuet. At five o'clock ...

— Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times - 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance • Charles Carleton Coffin

... a farmhouse as I knows of to get some milk an' eggs, an' spies four ducks on the kitchen table, trussed an' stuffed all ready for the oven, so I brings one away—only one, though I might ha' nabbed two just ...

— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol

... up, Adams, and take the irons off. He can't lie there like a trussed fowl; and see if one of you can't ...

— Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories - 1898 • Louis Becke

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