planch

American  

[planch, plahnch] / plæntʃ, plɑntʃ /

Or planche

noun

1. a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.

2. British Dialect.

   1. a floor.

   2. a plank.

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Etymology

Origin of planch

1300–50; Middle English plaunche < Middle French planche < Latin planca plank

Example Sentences

Investigators say Planch transferred more than $887,000 from the Border Station, a popular stop for people heading to and from the Outer Banks.

From Washington Times

Planch was a part owner of the business.

From Washington Times

Planch was also fined $75,000 and ordered to repay the money.

From Washington Times

The money went to pay Planch’s personal bills and to the Christmas Shoppe she operated in another building her father owned near The Border Station.

From Washington Times

Balzac speaks of the matter in his novel B�atrix, in which George Sand is depicted as Camille Maupin, the Countess d'Agoult as B�atrix, Gustave Planch� as Claude Vignon, and Liszt as Conti.

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