planch
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French planche (“a board, plank”). See the doublet plank.
Noun edit
planch (plural planches)
- (obsolete) A plank.
- 1583, T. Stocker, Tragicall historie of the troubles and civile warres of the lowe Countries:
- They went ouer planches, where they were cut off from the way.
Verb edit
planch (third-person singular simple present planches, present participle planching, simple past and past participle planched)
- (obsolete, transitive) To make or cover with planks or boards.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- To that vineyard is a planched gate.
References edit
- “planch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.