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trelliswork [trel-is-wurk] ExamplesWord Origin noun
Origin of trelliswork First recorded in 1705–15; trellis + work Examples from the Web for trelliswork Historical Examples of trelliswork
They gain the top of the plant by way of the trelliswork of the cage.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
Jean Henri Fabre
There are some twenty little houses of trelliswork at this place.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2)
Hazard Stevens
He made a trelliswork behind which he attacked his foes, the string players.
James Huneker
In front of this body is a small driving-place, enclosed in trelliswork, inside which the coachman stands to drive.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria
George Rawlinson
He did not see Le, who was partly shaded by the bare tangle of the climbing rose vines on the trelliswork.
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
British Dictionary definitions for trelliswork trelliswork noun
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- work or patterns of trellis; latticework
- (as modifier)a trelliswork fence