Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Entwined or embraced by means of supporting poles: said of a vineyard. See
clip .
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Examples
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In France, the vines are trained upon poles, seldom more than three or four feet in height; and 'the pole-clipt vineyard' of poetry is not the most inviting of real objects.
The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction Volume 14, No. 391, September 26, 1829 Various
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Dismissèd bachelor may be easy; pole-clipt vineyard is certainly not, at first sight.
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These formed the "pole-clipt Vineyards" of No. 21, and are thus described by
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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'pole-clipt vineyard' is certainly not, at first sight.
On The Art of Reading Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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