espalier
English
WOTD – 19 April 2008
Pronunciation
Noun
espalier (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.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 223:
- 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 1992, p. 223:
- A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
- A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner.
Verb
espalier (third-person singular simple present espaliers, present participle espaliering, simple past and past participle espaliered)
- To train a plant in this manner.
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.pa.lje/
External links
- “espalier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
espalier n (definite singular espalieret, indefinite plural espalier or espalierer, definite plural espaliera or espalierene)
- (horticulture) espalier
- A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway).
- Danne espalier
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
espalier n (definite singular espalieret, indefinite plural espalier, definite plural espaliera)
- (horticulture) espalier
- A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway).
- Danne espalier
References
- “espalier” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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