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trellised

[ trel-ist ]

adjective

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


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Other Words From

  • un·trellised adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trellised1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; trellis, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

Behind his ambuscade of trellised supports, he could come near enough to reach his hand through and touch his victim if he chose.

A little further on, they stopped before a trellised enclosure, inside which there were kennels, and also a red-tiled cottage.

It is a picturesque stone–gabled building, beautifully trellised with ivy, which has lost one of its original wings.

Salome followed Ruth to the trellised porch, where the clematis was hanging limp and damp, with drops from every tendril.

They went round by the vineyard; they stood at the gateway leading to the trellised passage.

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