Forms: see prec. [Almost always in pa. pple. trellised, f. prec. + -ED. Cf. F. treillisé (14th c. in Godef., Compl.).]
1. trans. To furnish with a trellis or with lattice-work; to enclose in a trellis or grating.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 3343. Þe thrid [step] of a Topas a-tyred & trelest & grauen.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, XI. 197. A fell lyoun … With in a barrace,… Terlyst in yrn.
1593. Rites of Durham (Surtees, 1903), 37. Aboue ye said dor, it was likewaies trellessed almoste to ye hight of ye valt aboue.
1634. Sir T. Herbert, Trav., 61. Windowes trellized very curiously.
1816. Galt, Life B. West, 92. Near a pile of ruins fringed and trellissed with ivy.
1883. ‘Vernon Lee,’ in Mag. Art, Nov., 3/1. Two villages, with … paved lanes trellised with grapes.
fig. 1873. E. Brennan, Witch of Nemi, etc., 224. Some love that trelliseth the heart.
2. intr. To make a trellis. rare.
c. 1520. Mem. Ripon (Surtees), III. 202. Will’mo Caruer trelyssyng et carvyng per j diem, 6d.
3. trans. To train (a plant) upon a trellis; to support on or as on a trellis. Also fig.
1818. Shelley, Jrnl., 26 March. The vines … are trellissed upon … stakes.
1849. Ruskin, Sev. Lamps, iv. § 34. 125. The living flowers … which … the French and Italian peasantry often trellis with exquisite taste about their casements.
1873. E. Brennan, Witch of Nemi, 5. A virgin round the summers of whose years Love trellissed joys to warp consuming fears.
