espalier
UK/ɪˈspalɪə//ɪˈspæl.jɚ/
espalier noun: 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.1886, Gustave Flaubert, chapter XII, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners […], London: Vizetelly & Co., […], →OCLC, part II, page 218
Verb
espalier (third-person singular simple present espaliers, present participle espaliering, simple past and past participle espaliered)
espalier meaning in Tamil and Urdu
espalier in Tamil
- எசுபலியர், செடிக்கட்டளைநெய்யரி
espalier in Urdu
- جعفری, ٹٹی
Forms of espalier
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | espaliers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | espaliers |
| present participle | espaliering |
| past participle | espaliered |
| past | espaliered |
Origin of espalier
Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
Questions about espalier
- What does espalier mean?
- Espalier means 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.
- What is espalier in Tamil?
- Espalier in Tamil is எசுபலியர், செடிக்கட்டளைநெய்யரி. See Espalier meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is espalier?
- Espalier can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce espalier?
- Espalier is pronounced /ɪˈspalɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of espalier?
- The plural of espalier is espaliers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: espalier (page history and authors); espalier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); espalier (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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