English Dictionary

pleach

IPA（発音記号）

/pliːtʃ/

名詞

An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.

日本語の意味

植物の枝や茂みを交差して編み合わせる行為、またはその結果としてできた構造。特に園芸において、枝を交差させることで作られた生け垣や格子状の装飾物を指す。

The pleach of willow branches created a woven archway that guided visitors through the garden.

ヤナギの枝を編み込んで作られたアーチが訪問者を庭へと導いた。

意味（1）

An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.

Not a dryad of the beeches, / Through the filmy forest-reaches, / That a tress of summer pleaches, / But had owned her queen; …

意味（2）

(horticulture) A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher.

These stems should be stripped (or nearly so) of their branches, and notched at the bottom (in the way which every hedger knows) to form a pleach: these pleaches should be laid in the intervals along the line of the stubs, and again notched, …

意味（3）

(horticulture) A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out.

Traditional hedge laying involves, first, clearing away undergrowth and weeds, particularly from a hedge that has been neglected and allowed to grow tall. Untidy side branches are removed. A cut, known as a pleach, is made in the back of the trunk, leaving a 'hinge'; old-time hedgers recommend that this should be as thick as a lamb's tongue.

pleaches （ plural ）