TRELLIS


Meaning of TRELLIS in English

I. ˈtre-ləs noun

Etymology: Middle English trelis, from Anglo-French treleis, from Old French treille arbor, from Latin trichila summerhouse

Date: 14th century

1. : a frame of latticework used as a screen or as a support for climbing plants

2. : a construction (as a summerhouse) chiefly of latticework

3. : an arrangement that forms or gives the effect of a lattice

a trellis of interlacing streams

• trel·lised ˈtre-ləst adjective

[

trellis 1

]

II. transitive verb

Date: 15th century

1. : to provide with a trellis ; especially : to train (as a vine) on a trellis

2. : to cross or interlace on or through : interweave

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.