trellised

[ trel-ist ]

/ ˈtrɛl ɪst /

adjective Armor.

noting armor having diagonally crisscrossed strips of leather enframing metal plates, the whole being sewn to a flexible backing.

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Origin of trellised

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at trellis, -ed³

Related formsun·trel·lised, adjective

Definition for trellised (2 of 2)

trellis

[ trel-is ]

/ ˈtrɛl ɪs /

noun

a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.

a framework of this kind used as a support for growing vines or plants.

a summerhouse, gazebo, arch, etc., made chiefly or completely of latticework.

Heraldry. a charge of bendlets overlying bendlets sinister, the whole being cloué at the crossings.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with a trellis.

to enclose in a trellis.

to train or support on a trellis.

to form into or like a trellis.

Origin of trellis

1350–1400; Middle English trelis < Middle French (noun) < Late Latin trilīcius (for Latin trilīx) woven with three threads, equivalent to Latin tri- tri- + līci(um) thread + -us adj. suffix

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Examples from the Web for trellised

This arrangement is considered to be essential for the economical and easy working of trellised vines.
Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick
The old arbor was trellised with grape vines, and legions of flies and bees feasted upon the musky, fragrant grapes.
The Story of a Child|Pierre Loti
The minute trellised Sun-dial, which is only ten lines in diameter, comes from the coast of Tranquebar.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
From under a trellised arcade hung with linen curtains several ladies came forward.
In Morocco|Edith Wharton

They were, most of them, but two stories in height, with flat roofs on some of which flowers and trellised vines were growing.
The Girl in the Golden Atom|Raymond King Cummings

British Dictionary definitions for trellised

trellis

/ (ˈtrɛlɪs) /

noun

a structure or pattern of latticework, esp one used to support climbing plants

an arch made of latticework

verb (tr)

to interweave (strips of wood, etc) to make a trellis

to provide or support with a trellis

Derived Formstrellis-like, adjective

Word Origin for trellis

C14: from Old French treliz fabric of open texture, from Late Latin trilīcius woven with three threads, from Latin tri- + līcium thread

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Word Origin and History for trellised

trellis

c.1400, "lattice, grating," from Old French trelis, originally "sackcloth," from Vulgar Latin *trilicius, from Latin trilicis, genitive of trilix "having three threads, triple-twilled," from tri- three + licium "thread." Cognate with Greek trimitos. Sense extended in Old French to things "woven" of iron, etc., which brought on influence of Old French treille "vine trellis," perhaps from Latin trichila "bower, arbor," which is apparently from Latin triclinium "couch extending round three sides of a table" (for reclining on at meals). Meaning "lattice used to support growing vines" is from 1510s.