trussed, ppl. a.
(trʌst)
[f. truss v. + -ed1.]
1. Packed, tied up, etc. (see the vb.); in quot. 1904, with ‘points’ trussed (truss v. 5 b). † trussed bed, trussed bedstead: cf. trussing bed, etc. (trussing vbl. n. 3).
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 504/1 Trussyd, of fardel,..fardellatus, sarcinatus. Trussyd vp, and bowndyn,..fasciatus. 1530 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 297 A trust bed with a fedder bed. ? 1537 Rutland MSS. (1905) IV. 279 A truste bedsted for my Lord to cary to the Court, vij s. 1552 Huloet, Trussed, suffarcinatus... Trussed, beaten, layed, or stopped hard together, stipatus. 1578 Lyte Dodoens v. lxxx. 650 Clusters of many berries..thicke set and trussed togither. 1890 Doyle White Company iii, His robe was much too long and loose..so that even with trussed-up skirts he could make little progress. 1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair i. vi, The Queen and her maids braved it as saucy young men, trunked, puffed, pointed, trussed and doubleted. |
b. fig. Knit together, compactly framed or formed. (Usually const. as pa. pple., often with well or other adv.) ? Obs.
| 1548 Elyot, Compactilis, that is well compacted and trussed togither, shorte and rounde. 1676 Lond. Gaz. No. 1080/4 A bay Nag,..short necked, well trussed. 1693 Ibid. No. 2916/4 She has lately had Puppies, and is not yet fully Truss'd. |
c. Cookery. Of a fowl, etc.: see truss v. 8. Also in Her.: see quot. c 1828.
| 1828 Scott F.M. Perth viii, ‘It's all here’, said the little man, expanding his breast like a trussed fowl. c 1828 Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Trussed, Close, or Complicated, are terms unnecessarily introduced into blazon when birds are borne with their wings closed to the body; which is ever implied when the contrary is not expressed. 1900 E. Glyn Visits Eliz. (1906) 59 He does look like a trussed pigeon. |
2. Building, etc. Furnished, supported, or strengthened with a truss or trusses.
| 1840 H. Spencer Autobiog. (1904) I. xi. 164 Experiments on trussed beams. 1853 Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges vii. (ed. 3) 307 On trussed and suspension bridges. 1873 Medley Autumn Tour U.S. & Canada ix. 146 Trussed girders are preferred [in bridge-building]. |