trellis
noun
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
trellis-like
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a word derived from
trellis.
Example Sentences
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We see them in the figures given by Charnay, Stevens, and other explorers; and what is worthy of special notice in this connection is, that they sometimes consist of openwork or trellis-like figures.
The open wood-work resting on the iron frames, and on which the plants are to stand, should be of teak or pitch-pine, and arranged trellis-like.
From Orchids by James O'Brien
At two places near the mountain trail between Samoki and Tulubin is a trellis-like structure called “ko′-mĭs.”
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
Had I sat down behind that trellis-like wall as I intended, I shivered a little to think of my fate.
From The Man from the Clouds by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston
In the fourteenth century French garden the gloriette was a sort of arbour, or trellis-like summer-house, garnished with vines and often perched upon a natural or artificial eminence.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
