Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 July 2010)
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].