especially: to train (a plant, such as a vine) on a trellis
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: to cross or interlace on or through : interweave
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
This 100-percent cotton curtain from Tommy Bahama fits the bill, featuring a dove gray trellis print on a white background. Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022 To prepare for pruning, use the summer season to teach your vines to grow vertically on your training system (a trellis, arbor, or posts). Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2022 Support your snow peas with a tomato cage or trellis. Jenny Krane, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022 The boldest gesture is the deep-blue wall that—along with a large white grid resembling a trellis—frames the headboard in the master bedroom. Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 4 Aug. 2022 For exterior design on a dime, use an arbor or trellis to give form to your front yard and complement your plantings. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2022 These artworks merge with the bucolic landscape serving to grow both Berkshire and Thai herbs and vegetables on the trellis-like structures. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 18 July 2022 That’s fitting, as the Bobber is incredibly reminiscent of the Monster Ducati makes in nearby Bologna; both put their trellis frames on display as the designs’ centerpiece. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 12 Apr. 2016 Give your tomato plants a little support by sinking a trellis or stake into the pot at planting time. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2022
Verb
There are tons of interesting melons, cucumbers, and squash out there; all grow from vines and do best when trellised. Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Apr. 2020 More than 20 adults and children visited last month for a tour and one of Tomassini’s simple meals in exchange for a few hours of weeding, trellising or other jobs.Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019 The nautically-themed restaurant features California cuisine, craft cocktails, a fireplace and an outdoor patio with a wood-trellised deck and soon-to-open bocce ball court. Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2019 The pathways that trellised the fragrant herb garden outside the chatelaine’s bedroom and in the far-flung potager were made from bricks imported by the British, who used them as ballast for their ships. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2018 Are there any kinds that do not need to be trellised? Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 29 Apr. 2018 Less vigorous varieties, such as many of the large-flowered hybrids can be allowed to climb through shrubs or small trees in the flower garden (with a little guidance), instead of being trellised, or even to wander over the ground as a ground cover. Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 17 Mar. 2017 For years, some farmers have turned to changing how grapes are trellised to grow more per vine and have invested in new technology to automate picking and pruning to drive down labor costs. Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018 There’s a woodlands garden, a perennial herbaceous border and a vegetable garden with handmade wattle fencing and trellised supports. Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 6 May 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English trelis, from Anglo-French treleis, from Old French treille arbor, from Latin trichila summerhouse