gnarl vs pleach

gnarl

noun
  • A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. 

  • Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs. 

verb
  • To knot or twist something. 

  • To snarl or growl; to gnar. 

adj
  • Gnarled, knotty, twisted. 

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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