English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "espalier" is 'n tuinboutegniek om bome of struike op te lei om plat teen 'n muur, heining of traliewerk te groei deur hul takke te snoei en vas te bind om 'n patroon of vorm te skep. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n plant wat op hierdie manier opgelei is. Die woord "espalier" kom van die Franse woord "espalier," wat beteken "om teen 'n steun te rus."

Sentence Examples

  1. Once a kite, hovering over the garden, made a stoop at me, and if I had not resolutely drawn my hanger, and run under a thick espalier, he would have certainly carried me away in his talons.
  2. She went, however and when they reached the farm, and she was to be put down, at the end of the broad, neat gravel walk, which led between espalier apple-trees to the front door, the sight of every thing which had given her so much pleasure the autumn before, was beginning to revive a little local agitation and when they parted, Emma observed her to be looking around with a sort of fearful curiosity, which determined her not to allow the visit to exceed the proposed quarter of an hour.