Unjustly imprisoned in a French island fortress, he escaped by having himself trussed up as a corpse and flung into the sea. |
Zoffany's painting of Mrs Oswald shows a lemon-lipped, bored-looking woman trussed in a furbelowed dress. |
Eventually he was taken away with his hands trussed behind his back and a hood draped over his head. |
On Christmas Eve, with presents wrapped and turkey trussed, many people in Britain settled down to watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on television. |
The pirates had found him cowering in a supply locker, and had trussed him up and hauled him in there. |
Others are trussed up ready for roasting, with marinade flavours from lemon to garlic and herbs injected deep into their flesh. |