trelliswork
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trelliswork
Example Sentences
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Among the lesser-known artists represented in the exhibition are William de Leftwich Dodge, who painted his Long Island home’s lavish fountains, trelliswork and balustrades; and Maria Oakey Dewing, who meticulously portrayed her own pale roses.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2016
Gay New Orleans is a picturesque settlement full of old Creole atmosphere: French-Quarter houses with trelliswork balconies, a planter's mansion, the famous Absinthe House, a Sazerac bar.
From Time Magazine Archive
They sat on the broken abutment of the road and watched the river backing upon itself and coiling over the iron trelliswork.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
But the girl soon stopped before a small gate, dimly visible in the gloom,—a gate of trelliswork, beyond which the lights of a dwelling could be seen.
From The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
The roadway is 15 feet wide, and is formed of another arc of greater radius, attached to which is the iron railing; the spandrels being filled by diagonal ties, forming trelliswork.
From The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles
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