pleach
5 synonyms for pleach, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To weave branches together, especially to form a hedge.
Synonyms
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Etymology
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,...
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