Synonyms

pleach

American

[pleech] / plitʃ /

verb (used with object)

to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
to make or renew (a hedge, arbor, etc.) by such interweaving.
to braid (hair).

pleach British

/ pliːtʃ /

verb

Also: plash. to interlace the stems or boughs of (a tree or hedge)

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Other Word Forms

unpleached adjective

Etymology

Origin of pleach

1350–1400; Middle English plechen, variant of plashen to plash ²

Example Sentences

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But scorn she has for them that walk alone; Blanched men, starved women, whom no arts can pleach.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George

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