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ˈtrellis-work
[f. trellis n.2 + work n.]
Wood or metal work consisting of light cross-bars; = trellis n.2 1. Hence, anything resembling this in structure or pattern. Also attrib.
1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 74 Cabinets of Trellis-work altogether plain. 1739Gray Let. to West 21 Nov., Trellis-works covered with vines. 1814Wordsw. White Doe iv. 49 Shades Of trellis-work in long arcades. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 99 The corpus spongiosum as well as the corpora cavernosa [of the penis] are divided into cells or trellis-work by an infinite number of fine membranous plates. 1878Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xviii. 214 The two kings met, with a grating of trellis-work between them, on the bridge of Pecquigny. 1898Westm. Gaz. 10 Mar. 3/2 A very charming blouse..is that with a trellis-work. 1898Daily News 5 Sept. 5/1 The tomb..was whitewashed all over and surrounded by a trelliswork fence. 1908[Miss Fowler] Betw. Trent & Ancholme 10 A Clematis Montana, surrounding the trellis-work frame. |