3 entries under this word

Plash

Pläsh, n.

noun

[D. plas, a puddle. See infra.]

A small collection of standing water; a puddle. “These shallow plashes.” Barrow.
A dash of water; a splash.
[See PLASH, v. t.] The branch of a tree partly cut or lopped, and bound to other branches. Mortimer.

Pläsh, v. i.

verbintransitive

[L. Ger. plasken, Dan. plaska, Sw. plaska, D. plassen, H. Ger. platschen, plätschen, plätschern, planschen, plantschen.] To dabble in water; to splash.

Plăsh, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PLASHED (plăsht); p. pr. & vb. n. PLASHING.] [O. Fr. plaissier, plassier, plessier, from Lat. plexus, p. p. of plectere, to weave, twist.]

To lop off.
To bind, or cut, and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.

There is a cupola made with pole-work between two elms at the end of a walk, which, being covered by plashing the trees to them, is very pretty. Evelyn.