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present participle and gerund of truss examples
plural trussings
(architecture, engineering) The timbers, etc., that form a truss. quotations examples
Beds (Trussing) were beds which packed into chests , for travelling ; and , considering the frequent removals , these must have been the most convenient kind .
1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
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. examples
(obsolete) The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it.
not comparable
(heraldry, of a bird) In the act of seizing (something). quotations examples
Sable, a falcon or, his wings expanded, trussing a mallard argent, on a chief of the latter, a cross botoné […]
1845, Hugh Clark, An Introduction to Heraldry ... Thirteenth edition. greatly improved, page 40
A hawk trussing.
1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 247
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.
1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, page 242