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Webster 1913 Edition
Pleach
Pleach
(plēch)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pleached
(plēcht)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleaching
.] [Cf. OF.
plaissier
to bend, and also F. plisser
to plait, L. plicare
, plicitum
, to fold, lay, or wind together. Cf. Plash
to pleach.] To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
“The pleached bower.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pleach
PLEACH
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
pleach
pleach
English
Verb
pleach (third-person singular simple present pleaches, present participle pleaching, simple past and past participle pleached)
- (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
- 1599, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, Act 1 Scene 2
- The prince and Count Claudio, walking in a thick-pleached alley in my orchard, were thus much overheard by a man of mine [...]
- 1599, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, Act 1 Scene 2
Translations
to unite by interweaving
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