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trel·lis

[trel-is]
noun
1.
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
2.
a framework of this kind used as a support for growing vines or plants.
3.
a summerhouse, gazebo, arch, etc., made chiefly or completely of latticework.
4.
Heraldry. a charge of bendlets overlying bendlets sinister, the whole being cloué at the crossings.
verb (used with object)
5.
to furnish with a trellis.
6.
to enclose in a trellis.
7.
to train or support on a trellis.
8.
to form into or like a trellis.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English trelis < Middle French (noun) < Late Latin trilīcius (for Latin trilīx) woven with three threads, equivalent to Latin tri- tri- + līci(um) thread + -us adj. suffix
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  • Make a sturdy trellis for tomatoes or beans out of locust or cedar branches.
  • The trellis underpinning such rosy reckonings is a booming world economy awash with cheap money.
  • Magenta blooms of fuchsia growing at the base of the trellis echo the red birdhouse above.
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trellis (ˈtrɛlɪs)
 
n
1.  a structure or pattern of latticework, esp one used to support climbing plants
2.  an arch made of latticework
 
vb
3.  to interweave (strips of wood, etc) to make a trellis
4.  to provide or support with a trellis
 
[C14: from Old French treliz fabric of open texture, from Late Latin trilīcius woven with three threads, from Latin tri- + līcium thread]
 
'trellis-like
 
adj

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trellis
c.1400, "lattice, grating," from O.Fr. trelis, originally "sackcloth," from V.L. *trilicius, from L. trilicis, gen. of trilix "having three threads, triple-twilled," from tri- three + licium "thread." Cognate with Gk. trimitos. Sense extended in O.Fr. to things "woven" of iron, etc., which brought on
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infl. of O.Fr. treille "vine trellis," perhaps from L. trichila "bower, arbor," which is apparently from L. triclinium "couch extending round three sides of a table" (for reclining on at meals). Meaning "lattice used to support growing vines" is from 1513.
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Trellis definition


1. An object-oriented language from the University of Karlsruhe(?) with static type-checking and encapsulation.
2. An object-oriented application development system from DEC, based on the Trellis language. (Formerly named Owl).
E-mail: Jerry Smith
["Persistent and Shared Objects in trellis/owl", P. O'Brien et al, Proc 1986 IEEE Workshop on Object-Oriented Database Systems, IEEE, NY 1986].

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trellis

framework on which trees and climbing plants are trained. It is usually constructed of long, narrow wood or metal slats that are crisscrossed to produce square or diamond-shaped spaces.

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