Well, this word was certainly a new one for me, although some of you who are gardening types (or possibly hairdressers) might be familiar.
pleach (verb) : (1)To interweave branches or vines for a hedge or arbor. (2) to make or renew (a hedge, arbor, etc.) by such interweaving. (3) to braid (hair) The word is derived from the Middle French word plais, which meant “a hedge.” It is pronounced “pleech.”
A row of pleached lime trees in the garden of Bateman's, Burwash Viewed from the south side of the house. Once the home of Rudyard Kipling, the house and gardens are now owned by the National Trust. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hedging competition (3) I'm not sure what this style is called but it has a very neat pleached top. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
pleaching (Photo credit: passitonfromthemill)
I have never pleached any hedges, but I have pleached my hair. And my mother used to pleach the most picture-perfect pigtails for me to wear to school.
But I’ve been thinking of a certain handsome dwarf . . . and those fetching little braids he wears in his mane of magnificent hair. I would love to give Thorin a good shampoo and conditioning treatment, followed by a comb-out. Then I would happily pleach the King Under the Mountain’s long and lovely tresses . . .
