planch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French planche (“a board, plank”). See plank. Doublet of phalanx, phalange, plancha, planche, and plank.

Noun

planch (plural planches)

1. (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)

1. (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.