The Collaborative International Dictionary
Topiary work
Topiary \Top"i*a*ry\, a. [L. topiarius belonging to ornamental gardening, fr. topia (sc. opera) ornamental gardening, fr. Gr. ? a place.] Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.
Topiary work, arbors, shrubbery, hedges, or the like, cut and trimmed into fanciful forms, as of animals, buildings, etc.
Usage examples of "topiary work".
The chairs were the product of painstaking topiary work, performed upon box hedges.