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Trellis from the pier sale? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

espalier

'trellis' is the definition.
(I know that espalier is a type of trellis)

'from the pier sale?' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates an anagram (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'pier'+'sale'='piersale'
'piersale' with letters rearranged gives 'ESPALIER'.

(Other definitions for espalier that I've seen before include "train a plant" , "fruit tree forced flat" , "Kind of trellis for pearlies" , "Trained fruit-tree" , "Trellis on which shrubs are trained, like pearlies" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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