Pleach

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleach":
     braid, enlace, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertie,
     intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit,
     lace, loom, loop, mat, net, noose, plait, raddle, splice, tissue,
     twill, twine, twist, wattle, weave, web, wreathe