TRELLIS


Meaning of TRELLIS in English

I. ˈtrelə̇s noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English trelis, from Middle French treliz fabric of coarse weave, trellis, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin trilicius woven with triple thread, from Latin trilic-, trilix — more at drilling

1.

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

b. : a construction (as a bower or summerhouse) chiefly or wholly of latticework

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

a trellis of interlacing streams

2. : a modification of the lattice in heraldic depiction in which the pieces are shown as nailed at the joints without interlacing

II. transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-es )

Etymology: Middle English trelesen, from trelis trellis

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

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

an ornate design trellised the wall

III. adjective

Etymology: Middle English trelis, from trelis, n.

: having a latticed arrangement

a trellis drainage pattern

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.