to pleach
9.9
To weave young tree branches together to make a hedge or arch
- verb
- /pliːtʃ/
- Archaic
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- During the landscaping project, they pleached the branches of the shrubs to enhance the design.
Examples
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The gardener pleached the young trees to create a beautiful archway in the garden.
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He wanders around the Tree with his cadre of followers, and wherever he finds the worlds pleached together, he lops them right apart.
Fiction book (2002) -
To form a privacy screen, she decided to pleach the willows along the property line.
Synonyms
to braid
vsto pleach
33
2.0
To weave three or more strands of material together
works specifically with branches and shoots to make hedges or arbors
to wattle
vsto pleach
1
9.9
To weave thin sticks together to make a fence or wall
uses living shoots to form hedges or garden arbors rather than solid fences
9.9
To weave young branches together to make a living fence
weaves living shoots into hedges or arbors without emphasizing cutting
Antonyms
How Interlaced
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pleach comes from old words that mean 'braid' or 'weave', like the English word plait. To pleach is to braid or weave branches together to make a hedge or shaded walkway, so the origin explains the modern meaning.