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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It wasn't only that Pink Roses were beginning to fade: he was beginning to realise that pleasure demands its pleasance and Pink Roses an adequate rose-bed.
From Years of Plenty by Ivor Brown
And biddeth eke for them that be at ease, That God them grant aye good perséverance, And send them might their ladies so to please That it to Love be worship and pleasance.
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
When they had reached the little hut near by the pleasance, Robin bade her stay.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
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
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
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