Revised as of
7 Jan 2023
It’s kind of scary to put your trust in someone when you’re all trussed up. I suppose you could get yourself trussed up and then put your trust in someone . . . knowing you have a way to get free . . . ahem . . .
Personally I’d prefer to get that turkey trussed and then trust that the stuffing and legs will stay put while it roasts.
You may want to explore “Trustee versus Trusty“.
NOTE: Truss is also a noun, which is not being addressed in this post.
Word Confusions . . .
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Trussed Squab by Rod Waddington, Kergunyah, Australia, is under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons. |
CISV Trust Game, 2008, by Gorskiya is under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons. |
| Part of Grammar: | |
| Morpheme: truss
Adjective; Verb, transitive Third person present verb: trusses |
Adjective; Noun; Verb, intransitive & transitive Plural for the noun: trusts Third person present verb: trusts |
| Adjective: [Of a roof, bridge, or other structure] Supported with a truss or trusses [Of a chicken or other bird] Having had the wings and legs tied before cooking [Heraldry] Close Verb, transitive:
Support (a roof, bridge, or other structure) with a truss or trusses A collection of things tied together or packed in a receptacle
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Adjective: [Law] Of or relating to trusts or a trust Noun:
[Law] An arrangement whereby a person (a trustee) holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries
[US; dated] A large company that has or attempts to gain monopolistic control of a market [West Indian or archaic] Commercial credit [Archaic] A hope or expectation Verb, intransitive:
To sell or deliver on credit Verb, transitive:
[Archaic] Allow credit to a customer |
| Examples: | |
| Adjective: The trussed roof of the 15th-century Church of San Francesco is a marvel. The home used a trussed ceiling. We had a trussed chicken ready to roast. In heraldry, a trussed domestic or game bird is referred to as close or closed. Verb, transitive: I found him trussed up in his closet. He was trussed up in a heavily padded suit, complete with face mask and protective gloves. When they trussed the roof, many things were overlooked. |
Adjective: “An unfunded trust consists only of the trust agreement with no funding” (Kagan). She’s a trust fund baby. “Assets in a trust benefit from a step-up in basis, which can mean a substantial tax savings for the heirs who eventually inherit from the trust” (Kagan). Noun: They have been able to win the trust of the others. I used only primary sources, taking nothing on trust. He is a man in a position of trust. Rulership is a trust from God. A trust was set up for Mom. The property is to be held in trust for his son. “For a recommendation to be implemented, it has to be supported by a trust or other body with influence,” he said. It’s a charitable trust. The estate has been willed to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He would himself use the language of Progressive era reform rhetoric to mold Storrow and those who supported him as men of money, monopolies, and trusts. My master lived on trust at an alehouse. It encompassed all the great trusts of womanhood. Verb, intransitive: Trusting to the cover of night, I ventured out. We will put our trust in God. Mortgage companies put their trust in homebuyers. Verb, transitive: He can be trusted to carry out an impartial investigation. I’d trust you with my life. They don’t like to trust their money to anyone outside the family. I trust that you have enjoyed this book. All persons are forbidden to trust sailors. |
| Derivatives: | |
| Noun: trusser, trussing Verb, transitive: undertruss |
Adjective: trustable, trusted, trustful, trustier, trustiest, trusting, trustworthy, trusty Adverb: trustfully, trustily, trustingly, trustworthily Noun: nontrust, trustability, trustbuster, trustee, truster, trustfulness, trustiness, trustingness, trustor, trustworthiness |
| History of the Word: | |
| Middle English, in the sense bundle, from the Old French trusse (noun), trusser meaning pack up, bind in, based on the late Latin tors- meaning twisted, from the verb torquere. | Middle English from the Old Norse traust, from traustr meaning strong; the verb from the Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun. |
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Resources for Trussed versus Trust
Apple Dictionary.com
Hugo, Victor. Notre-Dame de Paris. Paris: Gosselin, 1831. Vol. 2, 1. <https://hugo.thefreelibrary.com/Notre-Dame-de-Paris/2-1#truss>.
Kagan, Julia. “Trust.” Trust and Estate Planning. Wealth. Investopedia. 30 May 2022. Web. 7 June 2022. <https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trust.asp>.
“Trust-Busting.” Encyclopedia.com. n.d. Web. 7 June 2022. <https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/trust-busting>.
Pinterest Photo Credits:
Work-in-Progress on a WW1-era Belfast Truss Hangar, Hooton Park Trust, Ellesmere Port, by Mike Searle is under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license, via Pxhere.com.
