vbl. sb. [f. TRELLIS v. + -ING1.]

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  1.  The action of TRELLIS v.; the making of, or furnishing with, a trellis.

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1474–5.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 95. Operantibus circa le trilessyng et facturam … fenestrarum.

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  2.  concr. Trellis-work, a trellis.

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1860.  All Year Round, No. 41. 341. A gallery, latticed like a dairy window, behind which birdcage trellising women were admitted.

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1913.  Mrs. Wharton, Custom of Country, I. ix. Under the leafless trellising of a wistaria arbour.

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