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prettygoodwordespalier - n., a trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat (as against a wall); a tree so grown.
Also a verb, to so train or to furnish with the trellis. Three syllables, stress on the second. Wikipedia has pictures, if you're wondering how this works. From French, from Italian spalliera, shoulder support, from spalla shoulder (from Late Latin spatula, shoulder blade) + -iera.
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Also a verb, to so train or to furnish with the trellis. Three syllables, stress on the second. Wikipedia has pictures, if you're wondering how this works. From French, from Italian spalliera, shoulder support, from spalla shoulder (from Late Latin spatula, shoulder blade) + -iera.
---L.
