Also (3 Anglo-L. treyliz), 8 trellis. [mod.F. treillis. Orig. the same word as TRELLIS, OF. treliz, L. *trilīcium, f. trilīx, -līcem, the original sense of which it closely preserves. See TRELLIS.] A stout or coarse kind of cloth; in later use, buckram, sacking (‘toile grossière pour sacs, vêtements de travail,’ Hatz.-Darm.; see also Littré s.v. senses 5, 6). See also TRAILYE.

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[c. 1250.  Faringdon Compotus (MS. Barl. 49[2], lf. 6). Vna ulna canabi Valet. .ij. den. ob…. Vna ulna buretell’ Valet vnum den…. Vna ulna treyliz Valet .iij. den.]

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1706.  Phillips (ed. Kersey), Trellis,… also Cloth, otherwise call’d Buckram.

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1714.  Fr. Bk. of Rates, 80. Treillis of Germany, per Piece of 10 Ells.

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1858.  Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Treillis, a kind of coarse quilted linen, imported into France.

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