In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
pleach, plash
(verb) interlace the shoots of; “pleach a hedge”
braid, pleach
(verb) form or weave into a braid or braids; “braid hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pleach (third-person singular simple present pleaches, present participle pleaching, simple past and past participle pleached)
(transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc, to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.
Synonyms: entwine, interlace, plait
pleach (plural pleaches)
An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.
Synonym: plash
(horticulture) A branch of a shrub, tree, etc, used for pleaching; a pleacher.
(horticulture) A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out.
• Chapel, Lepcha, cephal-, chapel
Source: Wiktionary
Pleach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleached (; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleaching.] Etym: [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind together. Cf. Plash to pleach.]
Definition: To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock. "The pleached bower." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.