treillage
See also: treillagé
English
Noun
treillage (plural treillages)
- (horticulture) latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.
- 1863 February 21, “The Spectator”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- admire the treillage
- October 23, 1778, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway
- I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow.
References
- “treillage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French treille + -age, from Latin trichila (“arbor, bower”). Equivalent to treille + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɛ.jaʒ/, /tʁe.jaʒ/
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Verb
treillage
- inflection of treillager:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “treillage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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