trellis English · revision 1095

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtɹɛlɪs/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It comes from Middle English ''trelis'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|fro|trelis|t=trellis; stout cloth]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[der|la-vul|*trilicius]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from [[la|trilix|t=woven with three threads]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) from ''tri-'' “three” and ''līcium'' “thread”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) Its sense was influenced by Old French ''treille'' “vine arbour”,^(Etymonline) from Latin ''trichila'' “bower”, from which Merriam-Webster derives the word directly.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A lattice or grating; a structure of light crossing bars (1380 in Barnhart; about 1400–50 in the OED).^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The French word first meant a stout woven fabric and was extended to things woven of iron wire.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The sense of a lattice used to support fruit trees and climbing plants is recorded from 1513.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The verb, to furnish with a trellis, is from about 1400,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and to train a plant on a trellis from 1818.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1380 – ''trelis'', a lattice.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * about 1400 – verb, to furnish with lattice-work.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1513 – a support for climbing plants.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1818 – verb, to train on a trellis.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A frame of open [[lattice|alt=latticework]], especially one used to support vines and other climbing plants.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[arbor]], arch or summerhouse made of latticework.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To provide with a trellis, or to train a plant on one.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To form into a lattice; to interweave.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[trellised]]

+ * [[trelliswork]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[treillage]]

+ * [[lattice]]

+ * [[arbor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}