trussedadj.
/trʌst/ 1.
a. Packed, tied up, etc. (see the verb); in quot. 1904, with ‘points’ trussed (truss v. 5b). †trussed bed, trussed bedstead: cf. trussing bed n. at trussing n. Compounds 1b, etc.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > binding > bound
yboundOE
boundenc1325
trussed1440
banded1488
vinculate?1541
bound1552
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 504/1 Trussyd vp, and bowndyn, fasciatus.
1530 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 297 A trust bed with a fedder bed.
?1537 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 279 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 A truste bedsted for my Lord to cary to the Court, vijs.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Trussed, suffarcinatus... Trussed, beaten, layed, or stopped hard together, stipatus.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxxx. 650 Clusters of many berries..thicke set and trussed togither.
1890 A. Conan 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. figurative. Knit together, compactly framed or formed. (Usually construed as past participle, often with well or other adverb.) ? Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good
well-madec1325
well-setc1330
featous1340
largec1405
well-trussedc1425
well-attempereda1460
well-featureda1460
clean-limbed1461
well-bodied1481
well-drawn?a1534
clean-madea1535
trussed1548
clean-legged1568
trim1568
well-knit1581
well-thewed1583
well-timbered1595
clear-limbed1596
clean-timbered1598
well-mounted1607
well-turned1631
clever1674
neat-limbeda1697
well built1706
well-set-up1790
clean-built1840
athletic1925
mesomorphic1926
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Compactilis, that is well compacted and trussed togither, shorte and rounde.
1676 London Gaz. No. 1080/4 A bay Nag,..short necked, well trussed.
1693 London Gaz. 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 Heraldry: see quot. 1828.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > [adjective] > trussed
trussed1828
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 210 ‘It's all here,’ said the little man, expanding his breast like a trussed fowl.
c1828 W. 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 of Elizabeth (1906) 59 He does look like a trussed pigeon.
2. Building, etc. Furnished, supported, or strengthened with a truss or trusses.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [adjective] > supported with specific parts
trussed1840
knee-braced1915
1840 H. Spencer Autobiogr. (1904) I. xi. 164 Experiments on trussed beams.
1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) vii. 307 On trussed and suspension bridges.
1873 Medley Autumn Tour U.S. & Canada ix. 146 Trussed girders are preferred [in bridge-building].
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