pleach
English
Etymology
From an Old French variant of plessier (“plash”), from Proto-Romance plessier, from Latin plectō (“weave, plait”).
Pronunciation
Verb
pleach (third-person singular simple present pleaches, present participle pleaching, simple past and past participle pleached)
- (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
- 1599, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, Act 1 Scene 2
- The prince and Count Claudio, walking in a thick-pleached alley in my orchard, were thus much overheard by a man of mine [...]
- 1599, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, Act 1 Scene 2