In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
PLEACHING
Etymology
Noun
pleaching (uncountable)
gerund of pleach: an act of entwining or interweaving.
(horticulture) A technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing.
Verb
pleaching
present 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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