planch

or planche

[planch, plahnch]

noun

a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
British Dialect.
1. a floor.
2. a plank.

Origin of planch

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

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Historical Examples of planch

The last of Planch's classical burlesques was produced at the Lyceum in 1848.
A Book of Burlesque
Willam Davenport Adams
In "Olympic Devils" Planch's style is seen to excellent effect.
A Book of Burlesque
Willam Davenport Adams
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