| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb espalier.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (espalier) | 1. To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: espaliering, espaliered, espaliers, espalierer, espalierers, espalieringly and espalieredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ESPALIERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: espalier
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A row of trees planted about a garden or in hedges, so as to inclose quarters or separate parts, and trained up to a lattice of wood-work, or fastened to stakes, forming a close hedge or shelter to protect plants against injuries from wind or weather.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Food & Agriculture | One or several vines pruned and trained on the espalier system often against a wall or a trellis. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Espalier is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal two-dimensional patterns by the branches of the tree. The technique was popular in the Middle Ages in Europe to decorate solid walls by such trees planted near them. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A horticultural technique using pruning and shaping to train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental design, as along a wall or fence. (references) | 2: [Noun] A latticework against which to grow or train shrubs, fruit-trees, etc. (references) | 3: [Noun] A plant that has been shaped in this manner. (references) | 4: [Verb] To train a plant in this manner. (references) |
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