different between pleach vs arborsculpture

English

Etymology

The verb is from Late Middle English pleshe, Middle English plechen, pleche (“to layer; to propagate (a plant) by layering, to pleach”), possibly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French plesser, plessier, Middle French plescer, variants of Middle French, Old French plaissier, plessier (“to plash”), from Late Latin *plaxus, from Latin plexus (“braided, plaited, woven; bent, twisted”), perfect passive participle of plect? (“to braid, plait, weave; to bend, turn, twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ple?- (“to fold, plait, weave”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pl?ch, IPA^(key): /pli?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /plit?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?

Verb

pleach (third-person singular simple present pleaches, present participle pleaching, simple past and past participle pleached)

1. (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.

   Synonyms: entwine, interlace, plait

Derived terms

• impleach
• pleached (adjective)
• pleacher
• pleaching (noun)

Translations

Noun

pleach (plural pleaches)

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

   Synonym: plash
2. (horticulture) A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher.
3. (horticulture) A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out.

Translations

References

Further reading

• pleaching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Chapel, Lepcha, cephal-, chapel

English

Noun

arborsculpture (uncountable)

1. The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.

See also

• bonsai
• pleach
• topiary

References

• Nestor, James (February, 2007). "Branching Out"., Dwell p. 96.
• “Offbeat America” # OB310 (First aired Dec 4 2006)
• Cassidy, Patti (April/May 2006) "Art to Grow", Acreage Life (Canada) P. 17
• Fore, Joshua (Issue #20) “How to Grow a Chair” Cabinet p. 27.
• May, John (Spring/Summer 2005) "The Art of Arborsculpture" Tree News(UK) P.37
• “Tree Stories”, Fantasy Trees show # 103
• Richard Reames "I call it Arborsculpture" .How to Grow a Chair- The Art of Tree Trunk Topiary 1995 by Reames and Delbol ?ISBN page 14