pleach /pliːtʃ/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.Not a dryad of the beeches, / Through the filmy forest-reaches, / That a tress of summer pleaches, / But had owned her queen; [...] — 1859 •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.When laying hedges, notches (pleaches) are cut in branches that are to be bent (the bent bits must go upwards, otherwise the sap will not run). — 2009 verb1 •To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.Her Vine, the merry chearer of the heart, / Vnpruned, dyes: her Hedges euen pleach'd, / Like Prisoners wildly ouer-growne with hayre, / Put forth disorder'd Twigs: [...] — 1599 formspleached · pleaching · pleaches
