espalier
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈspalɪə/, /-ˈpæl.i.eɪ/, /ɛs-/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈspæl.jɚ/, /-jeɪ/, /ɛsˈpæl-/
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Noun edit
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, published 1992, page 223:
- The garment stalls carried the traditional blue vine-dressers' outfits, sunhats, and the great willow pitchforks grown in espalier at villages like Sauve.
- A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
- 1915 April, F. J. Smiley, “The alpine and subapline vegetation of the Lake Tahoe region”, in Botanical Gazette, volume 59, page 265:
- It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.
- A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner.
Verb edit
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 edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
espalier m (plural espaliers)
Further reading edit
- “espalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
Noun edit
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
References edit
- “espalier” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “espalier” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
Noun edit
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 edit
- “espalier” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.