Trellis

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trellis \Trel"lis\, n. [OE. relis, F. treillis, fr. treille vine
     arbor, fr. L. tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor,
     summer house.]
     A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework,
     used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting
     plants.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trellis
       n : latticework used to support climbing plants [syn: {treillage}]
       v : train on a trellis, as of a vine

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "trellis":
     arabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cross-hatching,
     crossing-out, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid,
     gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement,
     intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing,
     lattice, latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting,
     network, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule,
     reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, texture, tissue,
     tracery, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing,
     webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Trellis
       
          1. An {object-oriented} language from the University of
          Karlsruhe(?) with {static type-checking} and {encapsulation}.
       
          2. An {object-oriented} application development system from
          {DEC}, based on the {Trellis} language.  (Formerly named Owl).
       
          E-mail: Jerry Smith 
       
          ["Persistent and Shared Objects in trellis/owl", P. O'Brien et
          al, Proc 1986 IEEE Workshop on Object-Oriented Database
          Systems, IEEE, NY 1986].