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Definition of Pleach
1. Verb. Form or weave into a braid or braids. "They pleach their hair "; "Braid hair"
2. Verb. Interlace the shoots of. "Pleach a hedge"
Definition of Pleach
1. v. t. To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
Definition of Pleach
1. Verb. (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pleach
1. to weave together [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Pleach
1. To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock. "The pleached bower." Origin: Cf. OF. Plaissier to bend, and also F. Plisser to plait, L. Plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind together. Cf. Plash to pleach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleach
Literary usage of Pleach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... and at Nottinghamshire to teach the people of Cr this time was nowhere to be
found."—Ibid, to lay and pleach hedges."—Ibid. p. 186. THE Dutch. ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... and at Nottinghamshire to teach the people of Cr this time was nowhere to be
found."—Ibid, to lay and pleach hedges."—Ibid. p. 186. THE Dutch. ..."
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