trussing

== English == === Verb === trussing present participle and gerund of truss === Noun === trussing (plural trussings) (architecture, engineering) The timbers, etc., that form a truss. 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering Beds (Trussing) were beds which packed into chests , for travelling ; and , considering the frequent removals , these must have been the most convenient kind . 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. (obsolete) The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it. === Adjective === trussing (not comparable) (heraldry, of a bird) In the act of seizing (something). === Anagrams === rustings