Trussing

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of truss.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of truss
2. (architecture, engineering) The timbers, etc., that form a truss.
3. 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.
4. (obsolete) The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it.
5. (heraldry, of a bird) In the act of seizing (something).

Example Sentences

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 .

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

A hawk trussing.

Examples of this will be found in the arms of Madden ["Sable, a hawk or, trussing a mallard proper, on a chief of the second a cross botonny gules"], and in the crests of Graham, Cawston, and Yerburgh.

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