trel‧lis /ˈtreləs, ˈtrelɪs/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: treliz 'roughly woven cloth, trellis', from Vulgar Latin trilicius 'woven with three threads', from Latin tri- 'three' + licium 'thread']
a frame made of long narrow pieces of wood that cross each other, used to support climbing plants
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