planch

or planche

[ planch, plahnch ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of planch¹

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

Example Sentences

The verse of Planch and A'Beckett is smoothness itself, and they do not descend to word-torturing.

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The story of Telemachus was the subject which engaged the attention of Planch immediately after he had done with Perseus.

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After Planch, the most notable of the deceased writers of "classical" burlesque is undoubtedly Francis Talfourd.

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With this ends the list of Planch's compositions of this kind—a remarkable contribution to the stage literature of wit and humour.

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Mr. Hewitt, and Mr. Planch, and in 1859 Mr. Hewitt drew up the first catalogue of the contents.

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