pleach Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb form or weave into a braid or braids
    braid.
    • braid hair
  2. verb interlace the shoots of
    plash.
    • pleach a hedge

WordNet

Pleach transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind together. Cf. Plash to pleach.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pleached ; present participle & verbal noun Pleaching
Definitions
  1. To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock. "The pleached bower." Shak.

Webster 1913