trelliswork
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of trelliswork
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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
The inmates of my fold, therefore, move about for a few days on the trelliswork, anxious to travel afar in search of a wall.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
It was a house with a portico; about the pillars of this portico was trelliswork, and on the trelliswork was trained some climbing plant.
From The Beetle by Richard Marsh
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