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pleach

UK/pliːtʃ/ US/plit͡ʃ/ uncommon

verb

1.

form or weave into a braid or braids

  • “braid hair”
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2.

interlace the shoots of

  • “pleach a hedge”
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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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