pleach

/plitสƒ/

IPA: /P L IY1 CH/

noun
  1. 1

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

    syn:plash
  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

Synonyms

verb
  1. 1

    To unite by interweaving, as branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pleach