Middle English Dictionary Entry
plaishes n.
Entry Info
| Forms | plaishes n. Also (in names) pleshes, plessish, plaisseiz, plasses, -iz, plaseiz, plescis & pleshe(i, plashei, plassei, plesse(i, plessi(e. |
| Etymology | OF plaissëiz, -ëis, plessëis, plassëiz, plasëis, plaiscëis & plaissié, pleissié, plessié, plaissé, plasié. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Hedges forming an enclosure, a palisade of hedges or wattles; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.66].
Associated quotations
a
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)337 : The plaisshes [F li placeis] greved hem sore that thei myght not passe delyuerly.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)443 : Thei droff hem oute of the feelde and brought hem to the plaisshes, and ther thei stynted.
b
- (c1150) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)488 : Plaseiz.
- (a1200) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)488 : Famosa uilla de Estre, alio nunc nomine Plassiz vocitata.
- (c1200) in Bannister PNHerf.153 : Plessy in Ewias.
- (1230) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)488 : Plaisseiz.
- (1291) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)489 : Alta Estre voc. la Plesse.
- (1298) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)489 : Pleshe.
- (1304) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)198 : Plasses in Staundon.
- (1326) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)198 : Plescis.
- (1330) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)489 : Plasses.
- (1341) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)489 : Plessissh.
- (1346) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)489 : Plasshe..Plasseyton.
- (1399) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)489 : Plessey..Plessye.
- (1402) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)489 : Pleshey.
- (1412) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)489 : Plasshey.
- (1425) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)198 : Playshys al. Plessy.
- (1443) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)198 : Plesshes.