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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French planche (“a board, plank”). See the doublet plank.
Noun
planch (plural planches)
- (obsolete) A plank.
1583, T. Stocker, Tragicall historie of the troubles and civile warres of the lowe Countries:They went ouer planches, where they were cut off from the way.
Verb
planch (third-person singular simple present planches, present participle planching, simple past and past participle planched)
- (obsolete, transitive) To make or cover with planks or boards.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :To that vineyard is a planched gate.
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