Espalier, es-pal'-yer, s

Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language · 1890 · p. 73

a row of trees in a garden, having the branches trained and spread out like a fan; a lattice-work of wood on which to train fruit trees and ornamental shrubs: v.a. to form an espalier (Fr. jrom It. spalliera, a support for the shoulders),