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treillage

[ trey-lij; French tre-yazh ]

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noun

treillage

/ ˈtreɪlɪdʒ /

1690–1700; < French, equivalent to treille vine-arbor, trellis (< Latin trichila; compare Medieval Latin trelia ) + -age -age

C17: from French, from Old French treille bower, from Latin trichila ; see -age

M. Blanc describes lace as a “treillage” or network, and says it is made in three ways.

Breakfasted with Gell in his Boschetto Gellio under a treillage of vines, and surrounded by fruits and flowers.

One shed shelters an entire semicircle of treillage, pure Louis XV., an exquisite example of a lost art.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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