espalier

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English

Etymology

Espaliered fruit tree.

Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (shoulder).

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈspalɪə/, /-ˈpæl.i.eɪ/, /ɛs-/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈspæl.jɚ/, /-jeɪ/, /ɛsˈpæl-/
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Noun

espalier (plural espaliers)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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)

  1. To train a plant in this manner.

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French

Etymology

From Italian spalliera.

Pronunciation

Noun

espalier m (plural espaliers)

  1. (agriculture) espalier
  2. (sports) wall bars

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (shoulder).

Noun

espalier n (definite singular espalieret, indefinite plural espalier or espalierer, definite plural espaliera or espalierene)

  1. (horticulture) espalier
  2. A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway).
    • Danne espalier

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (shoulder).

Noun

espalier n (definite singular espalieret, indefinite plural espalier, definite plural espaliera)

  1. (horticulture) espalier
  2. A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway).
    • Danne espalier

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