planch

or planche

[ planch, plahnch ]

noun
  1. a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.

  2. British Dialect.

    • a floor.

    • a plank.

Origin of planch

1
1300–50; Middle English plaunche<Middle French planche<Latin plancaplank

Words Nearby planch

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How to use planch in a sentence

  • The verse of planch and A'Beckett is smoothness itself, and they do not descend to word-torturing.

    A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport Adams
  • The story of Telemachus was the subject which engaged the attention of planch immediately after he had done with Perseus.

    A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport Adams
  • After planch, the most notable of the deceased writers of "classical" burlesque is undoubtedly Francis Talfourd.

    A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport Adams
  • With this ends the list of planch's compositions of this kind—a remarkable contribution to the stage literature of wit and humour.

    A Book of Burlesque | Willam Davenport Adams
  • Mr. Hewitt, and Mr. planch, and in 1859 Mr. Hewitt drew up the first catalogue of the contents.