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pleaching

Syllables: pleach·ingUK/ˈpliːtʃɪŋ/US/ˈplit͡ʃɪŋ/

pleaching noun: a technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing. Also the gerund of pleach.

Noun

pleaching (uncountable)

  1. A technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing.
    • Osage thorn hedge should not be pleached during severe freezing weather, but pleaching may be done in mild weather, when there is but little frost in the wood, and in the winter in southern latitudes.1868, “Osage Hedges”, in Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1868, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1869, →OCLC, page 255

Also used as

pleaching is also the gerund of pleach.

pleaching is also the present participle and gerund of pleach.

Origin of pleaching

From pleach + -ing.

Words that rhyme with pleaching

Questions about pleaching

What does pleaching mean?
Pleaching means a technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing.
What part of speech is pleaching?
Pleaching is a noun.
How do you pronounce pleaching?
Pleaching is pronounced /ˈpliːtʃɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near pleaching in the dictionary

  1. pleach
  2. pleached
  3. pleacher
  4. pleachers
  5. pleaches
  6. pleaching
  7. plead
  8. plead down
  9. plead out
  10. plead over
  11. plead the belly

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