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trellis

[ 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)

  1. to furnish with a trellis.
  2. to enclose in a trellis.
  3. to train or support on a trellis.
  4. to form into or like a trellis.

trellis

/ ˈtrɛlɪs /

noun

  1. a structure or pattern of latticework, esp one used to support climbing plants
  2. an arch made of latticework


verb

  1. to interweave (strips of wood, etc) to make a trellis
  2. to provide or support with a trellis

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Derived Forms

  • ˈtrellis-ˌlike, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trellis1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of trellis1

C14: from Old French treliz fabric of open texture, from Late Latin trilīcius woven with three threads, from Latin tri- + līcium thread

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Example Sentences

But the “head-trained” (as opposed to snaked into a wire trellis) vines in Lodi, Calif., are anywhere from 40 to 100 years old.

Neither are there any terraces and verandahs adorned with elegant trellis-work and flowers, as there are in other warm countries.

Black Hood took to a stout iron trellis, climbed quickly to the second story where he found a bedroom window open.

She leaned close to the trellis, and parting the sprays of clematis that covered it looked into a corner of the room.

In the mosque stands a plain sarcophagus, surrounded by a marble trellis-work.

I stepped into the house straightway, and told Hard Cider to order the trellis lumber for me.

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