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Trussing

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    In the act of seizing (something). not-comparable

    "Sable, a falcon or, his wings expanded, trussing a mallard argent, on a chief of the latter, a cross botoné[…]"

Noun
  1. 1
    The timbers, etc., that form a truss.

    "1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering Beds (Trussing) were beds which packed into chests , for travelling ; and , considering the frequent removals , these must have been the most convenient kind ."

  2. 2
    The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, etc., by putting in struts, ties, etc., until it has something of the character of a truss.
  3. 3
    The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of truss form-of, gerund, participle, present

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