Definition of "espaliers" [espaliers]

• Plural form of espalier. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of espalier. (verb)

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• "Apple and plum espaliers "basked upon bricks of brown", and the sounds of playing children drift in from the street beyond the wall – prompting a gloomy fantasy about impending death."
• "Also for the summer chop are plums (vulnerable to infection if pruned in winter) and any trained trees – espaliers, fans and stopovers – which must be kept snipped back to the framework."
• "Gilles Guillot continues that tradition at Orsan with pleached hedges, topiary forms and espaliers in many shapes."