AskDefine | Define pleach

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pleach

Verb

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]

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English

Etymology

From an variant of plessier, from Proto-Romance plessier, from plectere.

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

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
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