impleach, v. poet. rare.
(ɪmˈpliːtʃ)
Also 6 em-.
[f. im-1 + pleach.]
trans. To entwine, interweave. Hence imˈpleached ppl. a.
| 1597 Shakes. Lover's Compl. 205 Behold these tallents of their heir [= hair] With twisted mettle amorously empleacht. 1829 Tennyson Timbuctoo 224 The fragrance of its complicated glooms And cool impleached twilights. 1865 Swinburne Poems & Ball., Two Dreams 175 Where the green shadow thickliest impleached Soft fruit and writhen spray and blossom. |