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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