TRELLIS - Definition

Pronunciation:		'trelis
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] latticework used to support climbing plants [v] train on a trellis, as of a vine

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	Synonyms:	treillage

	See Also:	espalier, fretwork, lattice, latticework, train

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Trel"lis\, n. [OE. relis, F. treillis, fr. treille vine arbor, fr. L. tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor, summer house.] A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	1. An object-oriented language from the University of Karlsruhe(?) with static type-checking and encapsulation. 2. An object-oriented application development system from DEC, based on the Trellis language. (Formerly named Owl). E-mail: Jerry Smith <[email protected]> ["Persistent and Shared Objects in trellis/owl", P. O'Brien et al, Proc 1986 IEEE Workshop on Object-Oriented Database Systems, IEEE, NY 1986].