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Espaliered

Espalier \Es*pal"ier\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espaliered; p. pr. & vb. n. Espaliering.] To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.

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espaliered

vb. (en-past of: espalier)

Usage examples of "espaliered".

The two espaliered trees on the far wall shed dry leaves in the breathless night heat, falling one by one atop a drift of rotting petals.

An orchard would be a place to grow up, Palmer thought, an orchard heavy with apples and with espaliered pear-trees growing against a sun-warmed crinkle-crankle wall.

A second wall boasted an espaliered apricot tree, grown immense across it, twining with an equally ancient almond, both in bloom.

Pear trees planted at either end of the masonry bench had been espaliered flat against the wall.

Like his father's espaliered fruit trees, Niryn would trim and prune the young king's pliant mind, bending it to the pattern that best suited his use.

Tis a foul crop espaliered against these blocks," Brom O'Berin grunted as he tore away the last horseshoe.

Extending out from the house was a twelve-foot-high brick wall lined with espaliered fruit trees, with a gap in the bricks revealing a glimpse of an acre or more of enclosed garden with a gleaming greenhouse, more trees espaliered against the wall, and rows of ruthlessly neat planted beds.

Quantities of two-story houses, villas with gable roofs, porticoes, and espaliered fruit trees.