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trussing

[ truhs-ing ]

noun

  1. the members that form a truss.
  2. a structure consisting of trusses.
  3. trusses collectively.


trussing

/ ˈtrʌsɪŋ /

noun

  1. a system of trusses, esp for strengthening or reinforcing a structure
  2. the parts or members that form a truss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trussing1

1300–50; Middle English trossinge; truss, -ing 1
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Example Sentences

Close the skin over the cavities with toothpicks, or thread using a trussing needle.

From Eater

Yes, Gatto said, Valle spoke of trussing his victims with rope and roasting them in an oven or on an outsized spit.

You must decide that by running a trussing needle or knitting needle through the pastry into the apple.

Item iiij pair of fyne shets and ij pair of fustians for the said trussing bedde.

With a trussing-needle fasten the forelegs so that they look also as if naturally bent by the animal when at rest.

In the main frame a few changes were also made in the details of construction and trussing employed by Mr Chanute.

"There will be hot work to-day in that forest," he told Arn, who was busied with the trussing of his mail.

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