clinch vs pleach

clinch

verb
  • To clasp; to interlock. 

  • To embrace passionately. 

  • To make certain; to finalize. 

  • To hold firmly; to clench. 

  • To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed. 

  • To set closely together; to close tightly. 

  • To fasten securely or permanently. 

noun
  • Any of several fastenings. 

  • A passionate embrace. 

  • The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast. 

  • The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling. 

  • A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts. 

pleach

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

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

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

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

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