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trellis
[ trel-is ]
noun
- a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- a framework of this kind used as a support for growing vines or plants.
- a summerhouse, gazebo, arch, etc., made chiefly or completely of latticework.
- Heraldry. a charge of bendlets overlying bendlets sinister, the whole being cloué at the crossings.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a trellis.
- to enclose in a trellis.
- to train or support on a trellis.
- to form into or like a trellis.
trellis
/ ˈtrɛlɪs /
noun
- a structure or pattern of latticework, esp one used to support climbing plants
- an arch made of latticework
verb
- to interweave (strips of wood, etc) to make a trellis
- to provide or support with a trellis
Derived Forms
- ˈtrellis-ˌlike, adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of trellis1
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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