Plash

plash, v.t. to bind and interweave the branches of.— v.i. to bend down a branch.— n. a small branch of a tree partly cut and bound to or twisted among other branches.— n. Plash′ing , a mode of repairing a hedge by bending the branches and twisting them about each other. [O. Fr. pla ier —L. plexus — plectĕre , to twist.]