trussed
past simple and past participle oftruss
truss
verb[T]
uk/trʌs/us/trʌs/(alsotruss up)
totiethearmsandlegsof someone togethertightlyandroughlywithropetopreventthem frommovingorescaping:
Policesaid thecouplehad been trussed up androbbedbefore beingshot.
toprepareabirdforcookingbytyingitswingsandlegstoitsbody
Fastening and tying
- anchor
- bale
- be locked togetheridiom
- belay
- bind
- boardsomethingup
- bound
- bowline
- granny knot
- half hitch
- harness
- hobble
- hogtie
- stake
- strap
- strapsomeonein
- strapsomethingup
- tack
- tapesomethingup
- tether
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Preparing animals & fish for cooking
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trussed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The replacement of the floor with ingenioustrussedgirders has already been mentioned.
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Indeed, the essence of thetrussedframework is that short members may be assembled to create a large-span structure.
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Thesetrussedpartitions would themselves have been quite capable of spanning the 40ft but were removed in the nineteenth century leaving the floor to span alone.
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Internal walls forming upper rooms were framed astrussedpartitions whose bottom chords intersected and connected with the timbers of the floor frame.
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Timber trusses were in use by that date for roof structures, but no earlytrussedbridges have survived.
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She sold poultry and eggs and plucked her fowls and sold themtrussedand got a very good price.
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This bird is then prepared and the head taken off, and, the bird having been nicelytrussed, it is sent round and delivered.
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In another case a mantrussedup a dog with six yards of rope and threw it into a river.
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As a result, the economy was over-taxed, hyper-inflated,trussedup and rigidified when we took it over in 1979.
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A report on the investigation oftrussedrafter roofs is due to be published in early 1979.
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They are not parcels that can be wrapped up neatly andtrussedfor transit.
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Along their way out, they encounter their creatorstrussedup, and set about freeing them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The theater arena boasts a 40-meter-high steeltrussedspace (30 meters clear) providing generous height to the shows display of acrobatics.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These ships were constructed of wood in traditional shipbuilding fashion, although iron braces andtrussedwere used for increased longitudinal strength.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thetrussedroof is possibly 16th century with tie beam support added in the 19th.
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