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plural espaliers
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. quotations examples
The garment stalls carried the traditional blue vine-dressers' outfits, sunhats, and the great willow pitchforks grown in espalier at villages like Sauve.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 223
A plant that has been shaped in this manner. quotations examples
It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.
1915 April, F. J. Smiley, “The alpine and subapline vegetation of the Lake Tahoe region”, in Botanical Gazette, volume 59, page 265
A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner. examples
third-person singular simple present espaliers, present participle espaliering, simple past and past participle espaliered
To train a plant in this manner. examples