planch

or planche

[ planch, plahnch ]

/ plæntʃ, plɑntʃ /

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noun

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

British Dialect.

a floor.
a plank.

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Origin of planch

1300–50; Middle English plaunche<Middle French planche<Latin plancaplank

Words nearby planch

planar process, planate, planation, plan B, plancer, planch, planchet, planchette, Planck, Planck constant, Planck, Max

How to use planch in a sentence

The verse of Planch and A'Beckett is smoothness itself, and they do not descend to word-torturing.
A Book of Burlesque|Willam Davenport Adams
The story of Telemachus was the subject which engaged the attention of Planch immediately after he had done with Perseus.
A Book of Burlesque|Willam Davenport Adams
After Planch, the most notable of the deceased writers of "classical" burlesque is undoubtedly Francis Talfourd.
A Book of Burlesque|Willam Davenport Adams
With this ends the list of Planch's compositions of this kind—a remarkable contribution to the stage literature of wit and humour.
A Book of Burlesque|Willam Davenport Adams

Mr. Hewitt, and Mr. Planch, and in 1859 Mr. Hewitt drew up the first catalogue of the contents.
Authorised Guide to the Tower of London|W. J. Loftie