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pleach

American  
[pleech] / plitʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.

  2. to make or renew (a hedge, arbor, etc.) by such interweaving.

  3. to braid (hair).

pleach British  
/ pliːtʃ /

verb

  1. Also: plash.  to interlace the stems or boughs of (a tree or hedge)

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Origin of pleach

1350–1400; Middle English plechen, variant of plashen to plash 2

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