verb
- to interlace or weave together branches or twigs, especially to form a hedge or fence
Usage: gardening; horticulture
Examples
- The gardener will pleach the hawthorn branches to create a living fence.
- Traditional hedgerows were often pleached to make them dense and impenetrable.
- She learned to pleach willow stems into decorative garden screens.
- The ancient art of pleaching creates beautiful natural boundaries.
- Workers pleached the young saplings to form a protective barrier.
- The pleached lime trees formed an elegant archway over the path.