verb
plash
To interweave branches to form a hedge.
The gardener plashes young branches into a thick living hedge.
Etymology
The French verb describes interweaving or bending branches. English preserves that hedge-making action in plash, separate from the water-related word.
More examples
- We plash flexible branches together to close gaps in the hedge.
- She plashed the branches along the fence into a hedge.
- They spend the morning plashing saplings into a garden boundary.
Forms
plash · plashes · plashed · plashing
Similar words
- pleach
- Also describes interweaving branches, including into trained tree canopies.
- weave
- Describes interlacing many materials, not specifically branches for hedges.