Espalier Definition

ĭ-spălyər, -yā
espaliers
noun
A lattice or trellis on which trees and shrubs are trained to grow flat.
Webster's New World
A trellis or other framework on which an espalier is grown.
American Heritage
A plant, tree, etc. so trained.
Webster's New World
verb
To train as or on an espalier.
Webster's New World
To provide with an espalier.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Espalier

Noun

Singular:
espalier
Plural:
espaliers

Origin of Espalier

  • French from Italian spalliera shoulder support from spalla shoulder from Late Latin spatula shoulder blade from Latin spatula

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).

    From Wiktionary

Espalier Sentence Examples

  • It may be grown as an espalier, like a fruit tree, and this will protect it from winds, or it may be trained against a wall.

  • The forms chiefly adopted for trees trained to walls and espalier rails are the fan-shaped, the half-fan and the horizontal, with their various modifications.

  • Fig, i represents a garden of one acre and admits of nearly double the number of trees on the south aspect as compared with the east and west; it allows a greater number of espalier or pyramid trees to face the south; and it admits of being divided into equal principal compartments, each of which forms nearly a square.

  • It is very necessary in the case of trees trained to a flat surface, as a wall or espalier rail, to prevent undue crowding.

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to espalier using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

EESESP

Words Ending With

RERIER

Unscrambles

espalier

Words Starting With E and Ending With R

Starts With E & Ends With RStarts With ES & Ends With RStarts With E & Ends With ER

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With E8 Letter Words Ending With R