espalier
UK /ɪˈspalɪə/ US /ɪˈspæl.jɚ/
noun 3verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.
The garment stalls carried the traditional blue vine-dressers' outfits, sunhats, and the great willow pitchforks grown in espalier at villages like Sauve.
2
A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.
3
A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner.
Often some night-animal, hedgehog or weasel, setting out on the hunt, disturbed the lovers, or sometimes they heard a ripe peach falling all alone from the espalier.
verb
1
To train a plant in this manner.
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