‖ treillis
(ˈtrɛljiː, treji)
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.
| [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.] 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Trellis,..also Cloth, otherwise call'd Buckram. 1714 Fr. Bk. of Rates 80 Treillis of Germany, per Piece of 10 Ells. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Treillis, a kind of coarse quilted linen, imported into France. |