noun
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a secluded part of a garden laid out with trees, walks, etc
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archaic enjoyment or pleasure
Etymology
Origin of pleasance
1300–50; Middle English plesaunce < Middle French plaisance. See pleasant, -ance
Example Sentences
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He looked out of place in that quaint old pleasance on the desolate border side.
From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold
"Could we but find that underground path whereby cousin Geoffrey came and went from the pleasance, old friend," said he, "why—we might play the Yellow Lady to purpose!"
From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
And throughout this village were peace and well-accustomed pleasance.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
At last he came to the tall, strait gate, wrought of old iron, that admitted to the pleasance.
From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John
I'll do your behest, and attend you in this pleasance to-night at twelve o' th' clock.
From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
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