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Definition pleach

Etymology

The verb is from Late Middle English pleshe, Middle English plechen, pleche (“to layer; to propagate (a plant) by layering, to pleach”), possibly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French plesser, plessier, Middle French plescer, variants of Middle French, Old French plaissier, plessier (“to plash”), from Late Latin *plaxus, from Latin plexus (“braided, plaited, woven; bent, twisted”), perfect passive participle of plect? (“to braid, plait, weave; to bend, turn, twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ple?- (“to fold, plait, weave”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

pleach (third-person singular simple present pleaches, present participle pleaching, simple past and past participle pleached)

1. (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.

Noun

pleach (plural pleaches)

1. An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.
2. (horticulture) A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher.
3. (horticulture) A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out.

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