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pleach |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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