Meanings
nounplanch (plural planches)
plural planches
- obsoleteA plank.
They went ouer planches, where they were cut off from the way.
1583, T. Stocker, Tragicall historie of the troubles and civile warres of the lowe Countries
verbplanch (third-person singular simple present planches, present participle planching, simple past and past participle planched)
present singular third person planches · participle present planching · participle past planched · past planched
- obsoletetransitiveTo make or cover with planks or boards.
To that vineyard is a planched gate.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]
Origin
- Middle Frenchplanche“a board, plank”
- Englishplanch
Borrowed from Middle French planche (“a board, plank”). See plank. Doublet of phalanx, phalange, plancha, planche, and plank.
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