pleach

Etymology

From a northern Old French variant of plessier (“plash”), from Vulgar Latin plectiare, from Latin plectō (“weave, plait”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: plēch, IPA^(key): /pliːtʃ/

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• Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Verb

pleach (third-person singular simple present pleaches, present participle pleaching, simple past and past participle pleached)

1. (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 [...]

Anagrams

• Chapel, Lepcha, cephal-, chapel