Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Latticework.

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  • noun Work in the form of a trellis.

Etymologies

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trellis +‎ work

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Examples

  • Photographs by Simon Upton A trelliswork pavilion is topped by a wooden pineapple, made by Thomas Messel, a nephew of artist Oliver Messel.

    House of Haslam 2011

  • The faint shiver of dislocation passed through him immediately, and he found himself under a wooden arch with a decorative curved trelliswork that spelled out bazaar.

    This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

  • Damp earth squished be-neath the xenologists 'field sandals and they had to duck repeatedly to avoid bumping into the intricate, decorative trelliswork.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • When viewed from above, the trelliswork of eastern rivers looks like the circulatory system of the land, carrying millions of tons of topsoil to the sea each day.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • When viewed from above, the trelliswork of eastern rivers looks like the circulatory system of the land, carrying millions of tons of topsoil to the sea each day.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • When viewed from above, the trelliswork of eastern rivers looks like the circulatory system of the land, carrying millions of tons of topsoil to the sea each day.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Too, between us, here and there, were some of the posts supporting the overhead trelliswork.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • They then again took their way east on tarn Court and, in a bit, once beyond the trelliswork, went to the right side of the street, which now, given the lateness of the afternoon sun, was the shady side.

    Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

  • The car hovered, connected with the trelliswork of the balcony and disgorged its passengers.

    Restoree McCaffrey, Anne 1967

  • The three Fuzzies, Flora and Fauna and their friend Diamond, who had gotten hold of a lot of wooden strips of the sort the gar'deners used for trelliswork and were building a little arbor of their own, looked up quickly and then realized that he wasn't speaking to them and went on with what they were doing.

    The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962

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