planch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French planche (“a board, plank”). See the doublet plank.

Noun

planch (plural planches)

(obsolete) A plank.
- 1583, T. Stocker, Tragicall historie of the troubles and civile warres of the lowe Countries:
  They went ouer planches, where they were cut off from the way.

Verb

planch (third-person singular simple present planches, present participle planching, simple past and past participle planched)

(obsolete, transitive) To make or cover with planks or boards.
- 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]:
  To that vineyard is a planched gate.

References

“planch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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