Pleach

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pleach
    v 1: form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair" [syn:
         {braid}, {pleach}] [ant: {unbraid}]
    2: interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" [syn: {pleach},
       {plash}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pleach \Pleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pleaching}.] [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser
   to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind
   together. Cf. {Plash} to pleach.]
   To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to
   interlock. "The pleached bower." --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleach":
      braid, enlace, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertie,
      intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit,
      lace, loom, loop, mat, net, noose, plait, raddle, splice, tissue,
      twill, twine, twist, wattle, weave, web, wreathe

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