trellis
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++trel·lis /ˈtrelɪs/ noun [countable] DLGa frame made of long narrow pieces of wood that cross each other, used to support climbing plants 〔用细长木条搭成，用以支撑攀缘植物的〕棚，架
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trellis• Never put a trellis behind it to support its growth.• You may be able to accommodate this bending by tying in to a longish pergola or trellis on a wall or fence.• Espalier: A shrub or fruit tree trained to grow flat against a wall or trellis.• If lacking, these aspects can easily be created using fence panels, trellis or planting.• The planking and the underlying ribs thus formed a rectangular trellis with no diagonal bracing or shear members.• A simple trellis entwined with flowers on a platform at the end of the dining hall was Illyria.• A robin came to perch on the trellis, only an arm's distance away.• They walked together through the trellis arch into the back garden.Origin trellis (1300-1400) Old French treliz “roughly woven cloth, trellis”, from Vulgar Latin trilicius “woven with three threads”, from Latin tri- “three” + licium “thread”trel·lis nounChineseSyllable
Corpus pieces of that of frame long cross wood narrow made a
trellis
trel‧lis /ˈtreləs, ˈtrelɪs/
noun [countable]
trel‧lis /ˈtreləs, ˈtrelɪs/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: treliz 'roughly woven cloth, trellis', from Vulgar Latin trilicius 'woven with three threads', from Latin tri- 'three' + licium 'thread'
a frame made of long narrow pieces of wood that cross each other, used to support climbing plants
Language: Old French
Origin: treliz 'roughly woven cloth, trellis', from Vulgar Latin trilicius 'woven with three threads', from Latin tri- 'three' + licium 'thread'
