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Trussing

To tie up a bird before cooking it.

📖 Definitions of "Trussing"

verb
  1. 1

    To tie up a bird before cooking it.

  2. 2

    To secure or bind with ropes.

  3. 3

    To support.

  4. 4

    To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

noun
  1. 1

    The timbers, etc., that form a truss.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it.

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