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



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