Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pleach"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pleach \Pleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pleaching}.] [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.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pleach
v 1: form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair" [syn: {braid}]
[ant: {unbraid}]
2: interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" [syn: {plash}]
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