PLEACHED

Etymology

Adjective

pleached (comparative more pleached, superlative most pleached)

Entwined, intertwined, interwoven, plaited.

(horticulture) Of a hedge, trees, etc.: created by interweaving branches.

Verb

pleached

simple past tense and past participle of pleach

Source: Wiktionary


PLEACH

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



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