trellised

[trel-ist]

adjective

Armor.

1. noting armor having diagonally crisscrossed strips of leather enframing metal plates, the whole being sewn to a flexible backing.

Other Word Forms

• untrellised adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of trellised¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; trellis, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Because sweet potatoes have a vining habit, Sparks says they can be trellised to be less messy.

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She questions if any wine is truly natural; after all, there is human intervention at every step, from how grapes are trellised to the date they are harvested.

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There are plenty of edible plants that are vining or that can be trellised, such as tomatoes, peas, cucumbers and melons.

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“If you want to keep it generally open, maybe you want to look into hanging plants or trellising. Sweet peas and cucumbers can be trellised and grow vertically. They take up less space.”

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Now we were drinking tea in his trellised garden at sunset to the singing of bulbuls.

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