pleaching
/ˈplit͡ʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[I]t now seems that in the heart of the seventeenth century many writers advanced a vision of inquiry in which truth and falsehood, far from being always and everywhere incompatible, must sometimes be combined in the search for knowledge. To understand this pleaching of truth and untruth, we need to consider how facets of the baroque interact."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈplit͡ʃɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈpliːtʃɪŋ/