Spalier
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian spalliera, from Italian spalla (“shoulder”), from Late Latin spatula, from Latin spatha (“broad, flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSpalier n (strong, genitive Spaliers, plural Spaliere)
- (horticulture) espalier, trellis
- a group of people arranged in two rows, typically in a formal or ceremonial setting, to escort someone; guard of honour
- Hyponym: Ehrenspalier
- 2024, Artur-Axel Wandtke, Die Unvollendete. Roman, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, →ISBN, page 184:
- Die Ordner der Partei sorgten für den Einlass und drängten die Gegner der Wahlveranstaltung wellenartig vom Vorplatz. Sie formten ein Spalier.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editDeclension of Spalier [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Spalier” in Duden online
- “Spalier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spalier”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Spalier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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