treslis

Old French

Etymology 1

From treille +‎ -is, from Latin trichila.

Noun

treslis oblique singular, m (oblique plural treslis, nominative singular treslis, nominative plural treslis)

1. trellis (framework)

Descendants

• French: treillis
• → Middle English: trelis
  • English: trellis

Etymology 2

From treille +‎ -is, from Latin trilīx.

Noun

treslis oblique singular, m (oblique plural treslis, nominative singular treslis, nominative plural treslis)

1. canvas

Descendants

• French: treillis

References

• Etymology and history of “treillis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tresliz, supplement)
• treillis on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub