treillage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of treillage
1690–1700; < French, equivalent to treille vine-arbor, trellis (< Latin trichila; compare Medieval Latin trelia ) + -age -age
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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
I have had an assembly and the rheumatism-and am buying a house-and it rains-and I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 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
Then I am in love with treillage and fountains, and will prove it at Strawberry.
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole
The Mother and her Child are placed within the mystical garden enclosed in a treillage of roses, alone with each other, and apart from all earthly associations, all earthly communion.
From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
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