"trellis-work" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trellis-works [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trellis-work (countable and uncountable, plural trellis-works)
  1. Alternative form of trelliswork. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: trelliswork
    Sense id: en-trellis-work-en-noun-HklftLC6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Love’s corpse lies quiet therefore, / Only Love’s ghost plays truant, / And warns us have in wholesome awe / Durable mansionry; that’s wherefore / I weave but trellis-work, pursuant / —Life, to law.",
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