treillage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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 ● Feb. 29, 2024
We alighted at the entrance of the garden, into which we entered, under a beautiful covered treillage, lined with jessamine and honeysuckles.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Sir John Carr
Breakfasted with Gell in his Boschetto Gellio under a treillage of vines, and surrounded by fruits and flowers.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Henry Reeve
I have decided that the outside shall be of treillage, which, however, I shall not commence, till I have again seen some of old Louis's old-fashioned Galanteries at Versailles.
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole
Through the brick passage he had a glimpse, as through a funnel, of green leaves climbing on a tiny treillage, and of a broken urn on a scrap of sward.
From The Castle Inn by Stanley John Weyman
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