trellis
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.
to furnish with a trellis.
to enclose in a trellis.
to train or support on a trellis.
to form into or like a trellis.
Origin of trellis
1Words Nearby trellis
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How to use trellis in a sentence
Its three bay windows open expansively on to an abandoned garden, where trusting rabbits can sometimes be seen leaping through the trellises like figures in an ancient tapestry.
Rodin, a Cadaver, and the Scandal That Nearly Derailed Him | Erin Zaleski | November 19, 2021 | The Daily BeastEach of these so-called Canaries will also tow a sort of underwater trellis made of steel wire, known as the Tadpole, tethering together vases in which giant bladder kelp can grow.
Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science | James Temple | September 19, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe fatigued Paradise Guest House sign was washed-out and the wide front porch with its handcrafted trellis lusted for paint.
Paradise lost: Remembering the popular Rehoboth men’s guest house | James Sears | September 2, 2021 | Washington BladeA few weeks ago I was balancing precariously on a chair in my backyard, hanging a shimmering side of trout from a wooden trellis so it could dry in the cool air.
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.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferBlack 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.
Summer | Edith WhartonIn the mosque stands a plain sarcophagus, surrounded by a marble trellis-work.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferI stepped into the house straightway, and told Hard Cider to order the trellis lumber for me.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for trellis
/ (ˈtrɛlɪs) /
a structure or pattern of latticework, esp one used to support climbing plants
an arch made of latticework
to interweave (strips of wood, etc) to make a trellis
to provide or support with a trellis
Origin of trellis
1Derived forms of trellis
- trellis-like, adjective
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