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Palissade

Also called palissades, palisade, charmille

A tall clipped hedge forming a green wall, usually of hornbeam, beech or lime, lining the allées and bosquets of a French formal garden.

See also: Allée, Bosquet

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters Gardens and Landscape.

A feature of French formal garden architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Pada · Pagoda · Paifang · Palazzo · Palmiform · Pantry · Papyriform · Parametric design