pleach

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That one word pleachéd, an heir-loom from Queen Elizabeth's day, gives to the noble sonnet an antique dignity and charm like the effect of an ancestral jewel.

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  1. transitive verb To plait or interlace (branches or vines, for example), especially in making a hedge or an arbor.
  2. transitive verb To shade or border with interlaced branches or vines.

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  1. Middle English plechen, from Old North French plechier, probably from Latin plectere; see plek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English plechen, from Old French plescier,plessier, plesser, also plaissier; plassier, plash, plait: see plash, of which pleach is a doublet.
 

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