pleach
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)pleached, pleaching
- form or weave into a braid or braids“braid hair”Synonyms: braidMore general weave, interweave
- interlace the shoots of“pleach a hedge”Synonyms: plashMore general intertwine, twine
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pleach (plēch), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Pleached (plēcht); present participle & verbal noun Pleaching.]
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.
To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock. “The pleached bower.” William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54