espalier
noun
[ ɪˈspaljə ]
• a fruit tree or ornamental shrub whose branches are trained to grow flat against a wall, supported on a lattice.
espalier
verb
• train (a tree or shrub) to grow flat against a wall.
• "fruit trees were espaliered some thirty feet apart"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French, from Italian spalliera, from spalla ‘shoulder’, from Latin spatula (see spatula), in late Latin ‘shoulder blade’.
