Dictionary entry

Pleach

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pleach (plēch), 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.