† plash-polen.
Obsolete.
A space of no more than a pole in width surrounding a wood, reserved for making plashed hedges. Cf. pole n.1 3a.
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plash-pole1614
fence-line1858
1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. ii. 54 A pole or halfe pole..you shall preserue..to repaire the ring fences of your Wood..and this amongst Woodwards is called Plash-pole.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 72 Remembring..to preserve sufficient plash-pole about the verge and bounds of the copse for Fence, and security.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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