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UK
/plˈiːtʃ/
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interlace the shoots of
pleach a hedge -
form or weave into a braid or braids
braid hair
How To Use pleach In A Sentence
- Photograph by Alexandre Bailhache Pleached hornbeam arches and chestnut pergolas create verdant alleys connecting one garden room to the next and provide shaded, secluded walks. Paradise Regained
- An avenue of pleached limes has the lowest branches springing out from the main stem a good 2m from the ground, allowing a clear view through the young trunks.
- There are pleached trees laden with apples and a huge fig tree drips with almost-ripe fruit.
- Employing one of three horticultural training methods espalier, pollard or pleach may be the answer to a space problem. Chron.com Chronicle
- Without Title teems with words like “atrorubent,” “barathea,” “Pasiphaean,” “haruspex,”” pleach-toned” and “shotten.” 2007 July 04 « One-Minute Book Reviews
- The farmer is now pleaching the hawthorn and wild plum.
- The process included grafting and pleaching, as well as other specialist techniques he called ‘trade secrets.’
- The sides of the bowl are defined with pleached linden trees and parterres of golden privet, santolina, althernanthera, Korean boxwood and red-leaf Japanese barberry with begonias, lantanas, fucshia and cone-shaped yew topiary.
- Cut back the orange and yellow stems of pollard willows and pleached limes. Times, Sunday Times
- It's probably a pleach as it's a morph of the two tasty stone fruits. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories