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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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
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
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.
Some take the form of a zig-zag, some a spiral, others a spiral in two directions, forming a trellis-like pattern, and others again are reeded vertically.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See by Joseph E. Bygate
