pleasurance

Noun

pleasurance (countable and uncountable, plural pleasurances)

1. (rare) Pleasure.
   • When Cassandra hade knowyng how þe case stode, / Þat the mariage was made þo mighty betwene, / She brast out in a birre, bale to be-holde. / With a mighty noise, noye for to here, / Playnond with pytie, no pleasurance at all, / With sykyng & sorow said on this wise:— / “A! fonnet folke, why fare ye...“Destruction of Troy”, in Middle English Compendium
   • Soon as our thoughts the proper path have taken, / Seeking that pleasurance which oft controls / Life’s stern realities—Heaven will tire each mind / With love for sacred Right—with Justice to mankind!1846 December 10, “The Laborer’s Song”, in Mechanic’s Advocate, volume I, number 2, Albany, N.Y., →OCLC, page 9
2. (countable, nonstandard, rare) A pleasance (pleasure garden).
   • Then there is a series of formal walled gardens. Beyond them are wide lawns, pleasurances, great trees, walks, orchards, garden houses, conservatories and an orangery.1905 September 17, Maynard Evans, “One of Loveliest Domains in England for the Ambassador of the United States”, in Clark Howell, editor, The Atlanta Constitution, volume XXXVIII, number 94, Atlanta...
   • Modeled like English estates, at Gunston Hall there was a flower garden, a pleasurance, a deer park, a bowling green, and a vegetable garden, shielded by a lovely row of white and lavender lilac.1928 June, Mrs. William H[enry] Lyne [i.e., Cassandra Oliver Lyne], “Gunston Hall—Famous Estate of George Mason”, in Confederate Veteran, volume XXXVI, number 6, Nashville, Tenn., →OCLC, page 211...