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Added 9 October 2026

pleach

/pliːtʃ/ verb

Latin root: plexus Wiktionary

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To unite by interweaving, as branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.

noun

An act or result of interweaving; specifically, a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.
A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher.
A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out.

Origin

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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