Meanings
nountrellis (plural trellises)
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.
It was a very warm evening; and the moonlight turned the Thames to an unbroken mirror of silver, and gave to the soft shadows of the shrubs, and the creepers that wound among the trellises, an appearance almost Italian.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Declaration”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 90 - communicationsA 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.
verbtrellis (third-person singular simple present trellises, present participle trellising, simple past and past participle trellised)
present singular third person trellises · participle present trellising · participle past trellised · past trellised
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Origin
- Latintrichila“arbor", "summer house”
- Old Frenchtreille“arbor”
- Anglo-Normantreslis
- Middle Englishtrelis
- Englishtrellis
From Middle English trelis, from Anglo-Norman treslis, from Old French treille (“arbor”), from Latin trichila (“arbor", "summer house”). However, see OED which claims another Old French form referring to sackcloth, from Vulgar Latin.
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Bulgarian решетка, асма
- решетка (rešetka)An outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- асма (asma)An outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- рамка (ramka)An outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Czech treláž
- trelážAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Danish espalier
- espalierAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Finnish säleikkö, ristikko
- säleikköAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- ristikkoAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- ristikkoAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- säleikköAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
French treillage, espalier
- treillageAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- espalierAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- treilleAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
German Gatter, Schmuckgitter
- GatterAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- SchmuckgitterAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- ZiergitterAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- KlettergerüstAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- RankgerüstAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- SpalierAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Hungarian lugas
- lugasAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Italian graticcio, inferriata
- graticcioAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- inferriataAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- recinzioneAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- graticcioAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- pergolaAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- pergolatoAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- traliccioAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Malay jejala, turus
- jejalaAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- turusAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- junjungAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Māori arapaki, taiepa tūwatawata
- arapakiAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- taiepa tūwatawataAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- titaraAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Norwegian Bokmål espalier
- espalierAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Persian آلاچیق
- آلاچیق (âlâčiq)An outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Polish trejaż, treliaż
- trejażAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- treliażAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- trejażAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- treliażAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Portuguese treliça
- treliçaAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Russian трелья́ж
- трелья́ж (trelʹjáž)An outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Spanish enrejado, verja
- enrejadoAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- verjaAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- rejadoAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- encañadoAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- encañizadaAn outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area
- espaldarAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- espalderaAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- espaleraAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- emparradoAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- pérgolaAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- encañadoAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
- arriateAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Swedish spaljé
- spaljéAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Tagalog balag
- balagAn outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
Ukrainian трелья́ж
- трелья́ж (trelʹjáž)An outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants
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Cite this entry
APA
trellis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trellis
MLA
“trellis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trellis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trellis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trellis.
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