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English
Etymology
From pleach + -ed.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pleached (comparative more pleached, superlative most pleached)
- Entwined, intertwined, interwoven, plaited.
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 362, column 2:Would'ſt thou be window'd in great Rome, and ſee / Thy Maſter thus with pleacht Armes, bending downe / His corrigible necke, his face ſubdu'de / To penetratiue ſhame; [...]- Would you be looking through a window in great Rome, and see / Your Master thus, with entwined arms , bending down / His docile neck, his face subdued / with shame penetrating through ;
- (horticulture) Of a hedge, trees, etc.: created by interweaving branches.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. , quarto edition, London: V S for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:[T]he prince and Count Claudio, walking in a thicke pleached alley in mine orchard, were thus much ouer-heard by a man of mine: [...]
Derived terms
Verb
pleached
- simple past and past participle of pleach