espalier
(en)
(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow flat against a support (as a wall) / (noun) a railing or trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat / (verb) to train as an espalier / (verb) to furnish with an espalier
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This was the England of espaliers and velvet lawns
forgot the meaning
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6 years, 11 months ago
The garden, longer than it was wide, ran back between two clay walls covered with espaliered apricots
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2 years, 3 months ago
We’d never seen espaliered trees, and thought they must be blitzed or dead.
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5 months, 1 week ago