† ˈplash-pole Obs.
[f. plash v.1 or n.3 + pole.]
A space, a pole or less in width, surrounding a wood, reserved for the purpose of making plashed hedges.
| 1613 Markham Eng. Husbandman ii. i. ii. (1635) 45 A pole or halfe pole..you shall preserue..to repaire the ring-fences of your Wood:..and this amongst Woodwards is called Plash-pole. 1664 Evelyn Sylva (1776) 468 Remember..to preserve sufficient plash-pole about the verge and bounds of the copse for fence and security. |