TRELLIS
trellis, treillage
(noun) latticework used to support climbing plants
trellis
(verb) train on a trellis, as of a vine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trellis (plural trellises)
An outdoor garden frame that can be used for partitioning a common area.
An outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants.
(computing theory) A kind of graph, used in communication theory and encryption, whose nodes are ordered into vertical slices by time, with each node at each time connected to at least one node at an earlier and at least one node at a later time.
Synonyms
• treillage
Verb
trellis (third-person singular simple present trellises, present participle trellising, simple past and past participle trellised)
(transitive) To train or arrange (plants) so that they grow against a trellis.
Anagrams
• Stiller, Tillers, rillets, stiller, tillers
Source: Wiktionary
Trel"lis, n. Etym: [OE. relis, F. treillis, fr. treille vine arbor,
fr. L. tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor, summer house.]
Definition: A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used
for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition