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
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At seven o'clock the iron gate opened, and the children streamed into the pleasance, climbed the steps, and disappeared into the house.
From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
Still more his soul revolted at this low animalism when that afternoon he for the first time beheld sweet Sancie playing at ball with her sisters in the pleasance of the palace of Aries.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
It bounded one side of Heronsbourne Park but did not at any point of its length give access to that pleasance.
From Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah
Only the prospect of the Trent Valley and the Derbyshire foot-hills, visible beyond the pleasance, still pleased; and this view was vague and sad and distant.
From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman
The picturesque side of the home of the Sidneys, which faces this pleasance, was in shadow, and made a background to the gay scene, which accentuated the brilliant effect of the gay throng below it.
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Emma Marshall
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