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trimmed, ppl. a.
[f. trim v. + -ed.]
1. That has been trimmed, in various senses of the verb. In sense 8 often as the second element in an instrumental combination, as blue-trimmed, ermine-trimmed, flower-trimmed, gold-trimmed, lace-trimmed, etc.: see also these words.
c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 922 A goodly lady meke, trymmed, dame gaillarde, benigne, cointe. 1649in Verney Mem. (1907) I. 448 A paire of French trimed gloves. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 57 To mark the mount at each corner of the trimmed print.
b. trimmed joist, a joist which is tenoned into a trimmer (sense 4); cf. trimming-joist s.v. trimming vbl. n. 7.
1876Encycl. Brit. IV. Plate facing p. 482, Trimmed Joists. 1945H. C. Bissill in N. W. Kay Pract. Carpenter & Joiner xvii. 361 (caption) Pictorial view of floor of a first-floor, with..bridging joists,..trimmer, trimming joist, and..trimmed joist. 1966A. T. Collins Newnes Complete Pract. Woodworking 96/1 A further use for the stopped housing is to join trimmed floor joists to a trimmer.
2. In Comb. with advbs. and preps. forming adjs., as trimmed-down, trimmed-up.
1897Kipling Capt. Cour. ix. 198 It's great to have a trimmed-up meal again. 1971Wall St. Jrnl. 22 July w1/3 Last month the White House vetoed a public works measure, but an administration spokesman said there are signs the President might accept a trimmed-down plan. |