bight vs pleach

bight

noun
  • A curve in a rope 

  • A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature. 

  • A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow 

  • An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf 

verb
  • To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights. 

pleach

noun
  • A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out. 

  • An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc. 

  • A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher. 

verb
  • To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash. 

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