trellis
/ˈtɹɛlɪs/ verb C2- To train or arrange (plants) so that they grow against a trellis. · to trellis vines
He/she/it trellises · Past trellised · Past participle trellised · -ing form trellising
Verb forms
- Base form
- trellis
- He/she/it
- trellises
- Past
- trellised
- Past participle
- trellised
- -ing form
- trellising
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The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached the old man, who, mounted on a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at his window.
A FAMISHED FOX saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine.
“No—it was somewhere—away from here—it was—I do not know—but it appears that this recollection is connected with a lovely sky and some religious fête; mademoiselle was holding flowers in her hand, the interesting boy was chasing a beautiful peacock in a garden, and you, madame, were under the trellis of some arbor.
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