Plashing

Plashing

Plashing is a late medieval term for the traditional technique of hedge laying, and is a variant form of the word pleaching. [Oxford English Dictionary] It is done to improve or renewing a quickset hedge to form a thick, impenetrable barrier suitable for enclosing animals. Plashing is a key part of hedge maintenance as it keeps the lower parts of the hedge thick and dense, and was traditionally done every few years. [The booke of husbandry, John Fitzherbert. London, 1573; The second booke of the English husbandman, Gervase Markham. London , 1614, Part II, ch. VI. Of Plashing of Hedges]

The stems of the existing hedging plants are split through the centre, bent over and interwoven to create a living fence. The plants rapidly regrow, forming a dense barrier along the entire length of the plashing.

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  • Plashing — Plash ing, n. 1. The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges. [1913 Webster] 2. The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plashing — Plash Plash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plashing}.] [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. {Splash}.] To dabble in water; to splash. Plashing among bedded pebbles. Keats. [1913 Webster] Far below him plashed the waters.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plashing — Plash Plash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plashing}.] [OF. plaissier, plessier, to bend. Cf. {Pleach}.] To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • plashing — noun A sound that plashes, as of water. Barest plashings of a liquid sphere; eloquent breathings of an emerald world …   Wiktionary

  • plashing — plæʃ n. pool, puddle of liquid; splash or spray of water v. splash in water; spray with water; play in water …   English contemporary dictionary

  • plashing — plashˈing noun • • • Main Entry: ↑plash …   Useful english dictionary

  • Plessage — « Plessis » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Plessis (homonymie). Haie plessée dans le Northamptonshire Le plessage est une technique traditionnelle de tai …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Plessis — Plessage « Plessis » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Plessis (homonymie) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Plash — Plash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plashing}.] [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. {Splash}.] To dabble in water; to splash. Plashing among bedded pebbles. Keats. [1913 Webster] Far below him plashed the waters. Longfellow.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plashed — Plash Plash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plashing}.] [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. {Splash}.] To dabble in water; to splash. Plashing among bedded pebbles. Keats. [1913 Webster] Far below him plashed the waters.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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