Middle English Dictionary Entry
trussing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | trussing(e ger. Also trosenge, tursing, thursing, (17th cent.) trushing & (error) trussige. |
| Etymology | From trussen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of packing, packing up; (b) ~ bed, a bed designed to be taken apart and packed for traveling, a portable bed; also, ?a trundle bed; ~ chalice (cuppe), ?a chalice (cup) for traveling; ~ cofre, a trunk, packing chest; a small packing case, jewelry box; a money box divided into compartments; ~ gere, ?packing material, stuff for packs; ~ paniere, a packing basket; in comb. with L noun: pelvis ~, ?a basin for traveling, portable basin; (c) the act of tying something up, tying together, fastening; the act of binding up the hair; the hanging of church bells, the tightening or adjusting of the rope securing a bell; naut. the furling of sails; ~ up; (d) ~ puli, a pulley used in securing a yard to a mast; ~ rop; ~ threde, thread for tying bundles; (e) a binding, bandage; also [quot. a1425], ?a traveling bed or litter; ?error for ~ bed [see (b)]; naut. ?a sheave pin; (f) arch. the act or process of erecting or strengthening the framework of a structure with trusses.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1393) Will York in Sur.Soc.4168-9 : Item, lego..unam ollam..et pelvim meam pro trussyng.
- (?1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4243 : Item, lego..j lectum pro trussyng.
b
- (1374) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.lxxv : In camera..j par de thurrsyngcoffres..Item, j par de coffres quæ vocantur buysse..j pelvis turrsyng cum lavacro.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5219/1 : Johanni Gylder pro emendacione unius cerure dun par trossyngcofres pro auro imponendo.
- (1392) Will York in Sur.Soc.4180 : Item, lego..lectum, qui vocatur le trussyngbede.
- (1393) Will York in Sur.Soc.4188 : Unum ciphum duplicem..vocatum le trussyng coppe.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.98 : [6] coferes and trussyng panyeres.
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.30 : [4] trussyncofres [full of gold and jewels to an unknown value].
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.78 : [4 iron-bound chests and another iron-bound chest, and a] trussigecoffr [read: trussingecoffr].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.385 : His malys were i-serched and his trussynge cofres [Higd.(2): bowȝettes and caskettes], and al þat he hadde.
- (1424-5) EEWills56/14 : Þe oone bille is in my trussing cofer.
- (1442) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)621 : Item, do et lego eidem Humfrido filio Iohannis unum trussyngbed vocatum Ruben Sparver cum costeris eiusdem.
- (1463) Paston (EETS)1.286 : I can not..fynd your wyght boke; it is not in þe trussyng cofyr, ner in þe sprucheste nothyr.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57367 : I payd fore viij heles of kanas for trosenge gere, xx d.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)485 : His ordinaunce and trussynge cofres were taken þer, in whom thei founde letters directe to hym by the kynge.
- a1500 *Medulla (Hrl 1738)8a/a : Baiunula: a trussyng bed.
- 1618(1440) Invent.Cumberworth in Peacock EChurch Furniture182 : My trushing challis and my highest guilt chalis.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)176/34 : Ynoȝ þer is of ydelnesse aboute hire heaued to kembe, to wesse, ine trossinge, an ine sseweres pouringe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)504 : Trussynge vp: Fasciatura, vel fasciatus.
- (1442) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1387 : Ropys..ybough for trussing of tymbre fro Sonnyng by watur.
- (1447-8) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 488 : Vor mete and drynke vor trussyng of the bellys, ij d.
- (1449) Acc.All Sts.Tilney9 : Item, pro uno carpentario pro trussyng & strykyng parve campane, viij d.
- (1454) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 496 : To J. Hykkes for trussyng of the..Crosse with the Maryes.
- (1459-60) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2554 : Domino Ricardo Strange pro trussynge medie campane, viij d.
- (1468-9) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum11 : Reparacio circa Campanas..pro le trussyng magne campane ad thascum, x d.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)246/14 : Than there was trussynge of harneyse with caryage full noble.
- (1472-74) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31534 : Item, hangyng and trussyng of the bellis in the stepil, iij s.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4653 : All turnyt þaire tacle with trussyng of sailes.
d
- (1369-72) *Acc.Exch.K.R.Bundle 178 No.16.m.4 [OD col.] : xiiij lb. fili pro cordis balistarum, ij lb. trussyngthred, j lb. di. trenchefyll.
- (1384) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.135 : [4] trossyng poleys.
- (1398) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.93 : [2 anchors, 2 cables, 4] bowelynes, [2] trussyngropys.
- (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI G/2 dorso, [Peter de la Toure] [OD col.] : j haunser pro trussynge rope.
e
- (1409-11) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 2121 : iiij Boltes de fferre pour trussyng..iiij boltes de ferro pro trussing'.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)9a/a : Baiunela, a trossinge [St.J-C: a trussyng bed].
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)85/5-6 : Take a lynnen cloth and trusse it wel fro the kne doun to the ancle; and moiste þe trussyng iii on the day..and euery day at morwe vndo the trussyng and ley new the karpy.
f
- a1484 Treat.7 Lib.Arts (Trin-C R.14.52)1049/392,395 : Trussyng and ereccioun of high thynges as stepils..requireth nat only konnyng and strength of rect and perpendiculier lyne..but also grete pollicie in chesyng of convenient matier for the saide trussyng or ereccioun.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: In sense 1.(b), the gloss for the combinations ~ chalice (cuppe) is defined "?a chalice (cup) for traveling". (See quots. (1393) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 and 1618(1440) Invent.Cumberworth in Peacock EChurch Furniture.) The "ciphum duplum" ("double cup") referred to in the (1393) quot. may not have necessarily been meant (just) for travelling: according to W.C. Cripps in Old English Plate (1881), the combination describes "the large double cups made to shut upon the rims of each other..These too are mentioned occasionally in English inventories, and are called 'double' or 'trussing' cups." He cites the reference in this quot. as an example. (An illustration of such a cup is found on p. 167.) The chalice appears in the inventory of goods given by Sir Thomas Cumberworth to the chapel of the Holy Trinity in Somerby Church, and may refer to a similar vessel.--per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. trussing.