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ɪs 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
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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trellis (ˈtrɛlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 'trellis-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
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
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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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
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].
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
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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Example sentences
Cage or stake plants or train them on a trellis if garden space is scarce.
Plant a few moonflowers about the garden to scramble up a fence or trellis.
The x's and o's of the trellis symbolize hugs and kisses.
Photovoltaic panels on the roof and on a trellis make the house largely independent from the utility power grid.
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