Zoffany's painting of Mrs Oswald shows a lemon-lipped, bored-looking woman trussed in a furbelowed dress. |
It wasn't easy, especially with him trussed in chains, but by pulling and lifting, I finally got him through the opening. |
She was trussed up in a fashion resembling preparation for a ritual funeral service. |
Eventually he was taken away with his hands trussed behind his back and a hood draped over his head. |
Having plucked and trussed these long beaked birds, leaving the remaining entrails undisturbed, pull out the stomachs and intestines. |
Unjustly imprisoned in a French island fortress, he escaped by having himself trussed up as a corpse and flung into the sea. |