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]

	

	trellis
    n 1: latticework used to support climbing plants [syn:
         trellis, treillage]
    v 1: train on a trellis, as of a vine

	

	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

	

	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].