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Definition of "pleach" []

  • To plait or interlace (branches or vines, for example), especially in making a hedge or an arbor. (verb-transitive)
  • To shade or border with interlaced branches or vines. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pleach" in a sentence
  • "Blanched men, starved women, whom no arts can pleach."
  • "It's probably a pleach as it's a morph of the two tasty stone fruits."
  • "Employing one of three horticultural training methods espalier, pollard or pleach may be the answer to a space problem."