pleasance

American  

[plez-uhns] / ˈplɛz əns /

noun

1. a place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.

2. Archaic. pleasure.

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pleasance British  

/ ˈplɛzəns /

noun

1. a secluded part of a garden laid out with trees, walks, etc

2. archaic enjoyment or pleasure

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Etymology

Origin of pleasance

1300–50; Middle English plesaunce < Middle French plaisance. See pleasant, -ance

Example Sentences

And throughout this village were peace and well-accustomed pleasance.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

This fairy pleasance in the brake— This maze run wild of flower and vine— Our fathers planted for the sake Of eyes that longed for English gardens Amid the virgin wastes of pine.

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various

The pleasance, in the soft moonlight, looked ghostly enough: the statues and stone ornaments placed about the place seemed to be instinct with life and to wave signals of horror to Will's starting eyes.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

The garden itself still bore traces of those long-bygone times when it had served as pleasance to the medi�val stronghold.

From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

The walks in the Garden of the Luxembourg are the best types of ancient palace pleasance.

From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora