trussed; trussing; trusses
1
a
: to secure tightly : bind
b
: to arrange for cooking by binding close the wings or legs of (a fowl)
2
: to support, strengthen, or stiffen by or as if by a truss
trusser
noun
1
a
: an assemblage of members (such as beams) forming a rigid framework
b
2
: a device worn to reduce a hernia by pressure
3
: an iron band around a lower mast with an attachment by which a yard is secured to the mast
4
: a compact flower or fruit cluster
Synonyms
Examples of truss in a Sentence
Verb
She stuffed and trussed the duck.
after stuffing the turkey, the chef quickly trussed it so the forcemeat wouldn't fall out during roasting
Recent Examples on the Web
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
These joints would contain several different muscles, cut and trussed into a neat shape, that looks handsome on the plate, lends well to roasting, and allows thin, cohesive slices of meat to be cut from the cooked product.
—Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
On days when no one is visiting, in lieu of human flesh, large, heavy hunks of fatty pork trussed up with string hang from the rafters.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2023
Movement of sound, decor, staging, trussing and lighting equipment happens through cargo boats via the waterways, and that comes at a premium.
—Praachi Raniwala, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
Construction of the new U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge in western Kentucky will take a big step forward this week as crews plan to float a 700-foot steel truss up the river and install it, officials said.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
Le Mec and his people knock Rory out with tranquilizers and truss her up by her wings to harvest her feathers.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021
Watching Julia truss a goose or dress a salad niçoise felt like a salve.
—Julie Cohen, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
Markets are unbowed with their gleaming-eyed oyster shuckers, their butchers taking five minutes to truss each quail, their oozing Camembert cheeses prompting debate about ripeness, their rum baba cakes with little syringes to inject the rum.
—New York Times, 30 Jan. 2021
Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Taylor Wilson: And what is the plan for the steel truss structure that fell across the ship?
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
The carpenters drew a full scale plan of each truss directly onto the workshop floor, then carefully placed the beams that would make up the truss on its unique location on it.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Work on the Mighty Mac’s north viaduct and approach truss spans are set to start March 25 and be completed by May 23, ahead of mid- and late-summer, the busiest time for visits from the lower to the Upper Peninsula.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2024
But unlike amateur scopes, the optical truss is made of silicon carbide.
—Diane Hope, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
Wheeled trusses that once were part of irrigation pivots — those rotating mechanisms that create crop circles — are repurposed as light poles in the parking lot.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
The facility had received no significant improvements since the 1950s until the DNR in 2019 replaced all of the stunning glass building's steel trusses.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024
The brewery also has an outdoor beer garden, with the previous building’s metal trusses still running overhead.
—Daniel Hartis, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
Verb
It’s all trussed up in the delectable package of Anglophilia, with its odes to shadowy libraries, pub trips, endless cups of tea, and the pedestrian ease of navigating London.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
These joints would contain several different muscles, cut and trussed into a neat shape, that looks handsome on the plate, lends well to roasting, and allows thin, cohesive slices of meat to be cut from the cooked product.
—Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
On days when no one is visiting, in lieu of human flesh, large, heavy hunks of fatty pork trussed up with string hang from the rafters.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2023
Movement of sound, decor, staging, trussing and lighting equipment happens through cargo boats via the waterways, and that comes at a premium.
—Praachi Raniwala, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
Construction of the new U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge in western Kentucky will take a big step forward this week as crews plan to float a 700-foot steel truss up the river and install it, officials said.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
Le Mec and his people knock Rory out with tranquilizers and truss her up by her wings to harvest her feathers.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021
Watching Julia truss a goose or dress a salad niçoise felt like a salve.
—Julie Cohen, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
Markets are unbowed with their gleaming-eyed oyster shuckers, their butchers taking five minutes to truss each quail, their oozing Camembert cheeses prompting debate about ripeness, their rum baba cakes with little syringes to inject the rum.
—New York Times, 30 Jan. 2021
Noun
But when the Dali toppled the Key Bridge, the roadway’s massive steel trusses fell onto the bow of the ship and trapped it.
—Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Taylor Wilson: And what is the plan for the steel truss structure that fell across the ship?
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
The carpenters drew a full scale plan of each truss directly onto the workshop floor, then carefully placed the beams that would make up the truss on its unique location on it.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Work on the Mighty Mac’s north viaduct and approach truss spans are set to start March 25 and be completed by May 23, ahead of mid- and late-summer, the busiest time for visits from the lower to the Upper Peninsula.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2024
But unlike amateur scopes, the optical truss is made of silicon carbide.
—Diane Hope, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
Wheeled trusses that once were part of irrigation pivots — those rotating mechanisms that create crop circles — are repurposed as light poles in the parking lot.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
The facility had received no significant improvements since the 1950s until the DNR in 2019 replaced all of the stunning glass building's steel trusses.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024
The brewery also has an outdoor beer garden, with the previous building’s metal trusses still running overhead.
—Daniel Hartis, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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truss
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: a device worn to reduce a hernia by pressure
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