pleach

3 definitions found

pleach - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pleach \Pleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleached; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pleaching.] [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser
     to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind
     together. Cf. Plash to pleach.]
     To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to
     interlock. "The pleached bower." --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

pleach - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pleach
      v 1: form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair" [syn:
           braid, pleach] [ant: unbraid]
      2: interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" [syn: pleach,
         plash]

pleach - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleach":
     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