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noun
An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: plash
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: entwine, interlace, plait
Antonyms: none provided
verb
interlace the shoots of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: plash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
verb
form or weave into a braid or braids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: braid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weave, interweave
History
The verb is from Late Middle English pleshe, Middle English plechen, pleche (“to layer; to propagate (a plant) by layering, to pleach”), possibly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French plesser, plessier, Middle French plescer, variants of Middle French, Old French plaissier, plessier (“to plash”), from Late Latin *plaxus, from Latin plexus (“braided, plaited, woven; bent, twisted”), perfect passive participle of plectō (“to braid, plait, weave; to bend, turn, twist”). The noun is derived from the verb.
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