treillage
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of treillage
1690–1700; < French, equivalent to treille vine-arbor, trellis (< Latin trichila; compare Medieval Latin trelia ) + -age -age
Example Sentences
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The whimsical space, which opened in early February, has sea foam green walls and handmade wooden treillage.
From New York Times
From the walls to the ceiling, Bergl created a garden pavilion of treillage with views of landscapes, exotic plants and romantic scenery.
From New York Times
I think there are as many kinds of gardening as poetry; your makers of parterres and flower-gardens are epigrammatists and sonneteers in this art; contrivers of bowers and grottoes, treillages, and cascades, are Romance writers.
From Project Gutenberg
Viticulture techniques are already changing, with an emphasis on treillage, water management, soil stabilization, plant breeding and genetic modification.
From New York Times
M. Blanc describes lace as a “treillage” or network, and says it is made in three ways.
From Project Gutenberg
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