parry vs pleach

parry

noun
  • A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying. 

  • A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade. 

  • A defensive move intended to change the direction of an incoming strike to make it miss its intended target, rather than block and absorb it; and typically performed with an open hand in a downward or sideways slapping motion. 

verb
  • To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.). 

pleach

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

  • 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. 

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

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