even-pleach'd etc.—
“Her hedges,”
HENRY V., v. 2. 42.
“The construction is, ‘Her even-pleached hedges
[hedges evenly intertwined, so woven together as to have an even surface] put forth
disordered twigs, resembling persons in prison, whose faces are from neglect overgrown
with hair’”
(MALONE)
. See pleached.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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