espalier

Meanings

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.
• A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
• A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner.

Verb

• To train a plant in this manner.

Origin

• Image:Espalier fruit tree at Standen, West Sussex, England May 2006.JPG|thumb|right|Espaliered fruit tree.
• Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla.