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Definition of "trelliswork" [trelliswork]

  • Latticework. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "trelliswork" in a sentence
  • "Photographs by Simon Upton A trelliswork pavilion is topped by a wooden pineapple, made by Thomas Messel, a nephew of artist Oliver Messel."
  • "The faint shiver of dislocation passed through him immediately, and he found himself under a wooden arch with a decorative curved trelliswork that spelled out bazaar."
  • "Damp earth squished be-neath the xenologists 'field sandals and they had to duck repeatedly to avoid bumping into the intricate, decorative trelliswork."