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▪ I. pleach, n. (pliːtʃ) [f. pleach v.] Interlacing, intertwining; intertwinement of boughs; spec. a flexible branch or stake or an intertwined arrangement of these, forming a hedge.1819 J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (1820) 45 His nest, the pleach Of many a wilding bough in the next giant beech. 1823 E....
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pleach
pleach/pli:tʃ; plitʃ/ v[Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]make or repair (a hedge) by weaving branches together 用枝条编筑或修理(篱笆) pleached hedges 用枝条编的篱笆.
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Pleaching
Pleach also means weaving of thin, whippy stems of trees to form a basketry effect. Pleaching in art
The word pleach has been used to describe the art form of tree shaping or one of the techniques of tree shaping.
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Hedgelaying
A stem which has been (or is to be) laid down in this manner is known as a pleacher or pleach. There is also emerging interest in reviving older methods of using live stakes (crop and pleach style).
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pleacher
ˈpleacher local. [f. pleach v. + -er1.] = plasher: a. A bough with which a hedge is pleached. b. A hedger.1882 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Pleachers same as Layers, the quick-thorn shoots which are laid down to form the hedge. 1889 Portfolio Dec. 231/2 The topiarius, or pleacher, was kept activ...
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Makybe Diva Stakes
1991 - Durbridge
1990 - Zabeel
1989 - Apollo Run
1988 - High Regard
1987 - Military Plume
1986 - King Phoenix
1985 - Fine Offer
1984 - Prolific
1983 - Pleach
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impleach
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 complica...
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P B Lawrence Stakes
1990 – Sydeston
1989 – Kairau Lad
1988 – My Steely Dan
1987 – Military Plume
1986 – Luther's Luck
1985 – King Delamere
1984 – Bow Mistress
1983 – Pleach
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pleached
pleached, ppl. a. (pliːtʃt, poet. ˈpliːtʃɪd) [f. pleach v. + -ed1.] 1. Of boughs: Interlaced, intertwined, tangled; transf. of the arms, folded together.1606 Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. xiv. 73 Would'st thou..see Thy Master thus with pleacht Armes, bending downe His corrigible necke? 1896 Field 1 Dec. 82...
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pledget
pledget (ˈplɛdʒɪt) Forms: 6 plagette, pleggat, 7 plageat, (plegant, -ent, pleagant, -eant), 7–8 plaget, pleget, 7–9 pledgit, 7– pledget. [Known from 16th c.: origin and early history of obscure. The divergent spellings in 16–17th c. leave uncertain the original form, and even the sound of the g, and...
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On the Black Hill (film)
With typical thoroughness, Peck immersed himself in the part, learning to ride, plough and pleach hedges.
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spalliard
▪ I. † ˈspalliard1 Obs. rare. Also 7 spaliard, 9 spallier. [Of obscure origin: cf. spadiard.] A labourer engaged in tin-mining.1625 Laws Stannaries xii. (1808) 21 A labouring tinner, a blower, owner of blowing-houses, a spalliard, or adventurer. 1630 J. Doddridge Dvtchy of Cornewall 93 The laborious...
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plash
▪ I. plash, n.1 (plæʃ) Forms: 1 plæsc, plesc; 4 plasch, 5 plaisshe, playche, 5–6 plasche, 6 plasshe, 5– plash, (6, 9 dial. plesh, 9 dial. plosh). [OE. plæsc, ME. plasch, cognate with MDu., Flem. plasch pool, also MDu., Du., MLG., LG. plas, LG. plasse; app. of the same origin as plash v.2, prob. onom...
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