pleachern.

Brit.

/ˈpliːtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈplitʃər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pleach v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < pleach v. + -er suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier plasher n. 2.

Now chiefly English regional.

1. A hedger who pleaches hedges, fences, etc.; = plasher n. 1. Now rare (historical in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > hedging > [noun] > hedger

hedger?1518

plasher1565

teener1616

pleacher1670

1670 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 77 The Pleacher prepares a green plot, of the choicer flowers, and rarer plants; and adorns th[e] garden with pleach work, that is, with pleasant walks, [etc.].

1873 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 30 Trees or shrubs trimmed by topiarian art into fantastic shapes, such as figures of animals, vases and the like. The art of the topiarus or pleacher—dating from the Augustan age in Rome—is now no longer in repute.

1889 Portfolio Dec. 231/2 The topiarius, or pleacher, was kept actively at work in trimming the hedges and trellis walks.

2. A bough or sapling with which a hedge is pleached; = plasher n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > hedging > [noun] > material for pleaching

yedder1512

eddering?1523

edder1573

pleach1670

ligger1828

pleacher1882

top-binder1883

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 329 Pleachers same as Layers, the quick-thorn shoots which are laid down to form the hedge.

1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 July 16/2 The delicate process of cutting through most of a stem and leaving it to survive at an angle..is likely to kill the stems (or pleachers, as they are called) when the sap is up during the summer months.

2002 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 4 Nov. 13 Young trees are cut around three quarters of the way through their base and folded down horizontally. These are known as pleachers, and can be made from layers of mature oak, blackthorn, elm, hazel and hawthorn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pleacher
释义	pleachern. Brit. /ˈpliːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈplitʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pleach v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < pleach v. + -er suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier plasher n. 2. Now chiefly English regional. 1. A hedger who pleaches hedges, fences, etc.; = plasher n. 1. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > hedging > [noun] > hedger hedger?1518 plasher1565 teener1616 pleacher1670 1670 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 77 The Pleacher prepares a green plot, of the choicer flowers, and rarer plants; and adorns th[e] garden with pleach work, that is, with pleasant walks, [etc.]. 1873 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 30 Trees or shrubs trimmed by topiarian art into fantastic shapes, such as figures of animals, vases and the like. The art of the topiarus or pleacher—dating from the Augustan age in Rome—is now no longer in repute. 1889 Portfolio Dec. 231/2 The topiarius, or pleacher, was kept actively at work in trimming the hedges and trellis walks. 2. A bough or sapling with which a hedge is pleached; = plasher n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > hedging > [noun] > material for pleaching yedder1512 eddering?1523 edder1573 pleach1670 ligger1828 pleacher1882 top-binder1883 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 329 Pleachers same as Layers, the quick-thorn shoots which are laid down to form the hedge. 1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 July 16/2 The delicate process of cutting through most of a stem and leaving it to survive at an angle..is likely to kill the stems (or pleachers, as they are called) when the sap is up during the summer months. 2002 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 4 Nov. 13 Young trees are cut around three quarters of the way through their base and folded down horizontally. These are known as pleachers, and can be made from layers of mature oak, blackthorn, elm, hazel and hawthorn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1670
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