pleach

[ UK /plˈiːt‍ʃ/ ]
VERB
  1. interlace the shoots of
    pleach a hedge
  2. form or weave into a braid or braids
    braid hair
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How To Use pleach In A Sentence

  • As they had driven through the winding avenue of dogwood and into the cobbled courtyard surrounded by pleached limes, she had grown uneasy. THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS
  • You also might want to experiment with some specialized design techniques, such as using pruning to create a pleached tunnel of ironwood trees or a living fence of espalier currants.
  • Arrived at Master _Agnew's_ Doore, found it open, no one in Parlour or Studdy; soe _Dick_ tooke the Horses rounde, and then we went straite thro 'the House, into the Garden behind, which is on a rising Ground, with pleached Alleys and turfen Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary
  • In Ireland, don't even think about growing it unless you live in one of those hot pockets warmed by the Gulf Stream, where it should do well pleached on a warm sunny wall.
  • If space is really a problem, consider pleaching a pear tree against a south facing wall.
  • The farmer is now pleaching the hawthorn and wild plum.
  • You also might want to experiment with some specialized design techniques, such as using pruning to create a pleached tunnel of ironwood trees or a living fence of espalier currants.
  • Blanched men, starved women, whom no arts can pleach. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
  • pleach a hedge
  • Cut back the orange and yellow stems of pollard willows and pleached limes. Times, Sunday Times
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