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planche (s.xii2/4)
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planche (s.xii2/4)

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plance,  planke;  plaunc,  plaunche,  plauncke,  plaunke  (playche (l. play[n]che)  TLL i 156,  paunche (l. p[l]aunche)  Sandahl Sea i 89,  plonke  Mch Tayl Accs1 1 Henry V)  
  FEW:  phalanx 8,351a Gdf:  planche 6,196b GdfC:  planche 10,349c TL: planche 7,1082 DEAF:  planche  DMF:  planche  TLF:  planche  OED:  planch n.  / plank n.  MED:  plank(e n.  / plaunche n.  DMLBS:  planca 2305a / plancha 2305a

It is possible to read some of the plural forms of planche as variant readings of plancheis. In return, it may be possible to read the forms planchis, planchiz as deviant plural forms of planche.

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1wooden board, plank, beam: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 ) Sadda (=a stone) [...]; ja ne serreit trovee se ele ne se aersist as planches de la nef  Lapid 110.LIII.3
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Viez fu li pont, grant fu li fais, Plances trebuchent, chient ais  Rom de Rou wace ii 81.5226
( s.xiiex?; MS: s.xiiiex )  Pus me turnai fors del chemin Desque al palais de cel gardin; E entre dous planches me apuiai  Donn Am ants 93
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  '[...] fust en prendrum Dunt nus la sue croiz frum.' Kar ja n'ert de bele uvre faite, Ainz ert de une planche traite D'icel ruisel  A-N Piety 222
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  devaunt qe le dit pount fuist refait ascunes de ses gentz d'Engleterre passerent au peez sur une plaunke  Anon Chr1 21.17
( 1394 )  a mettre lez plankes e trois grosses beames a southmettre  TNA SC 8/119/5934
♦ ship. gangplank, moveable bridge of a ship: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  De la planche esteit trebuchié E en l’eve desuz neié  Rom de Rou wace i 177.447
2fig.bulwark, defence: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Eliotropie [...] Cuntre venim est bone plaunche  Lapid 93.688
3jewel.flat parts (of a ring or other piece of jewellery): 
( 1370 )  Qe homme face en la guise qe homme voudra mes qe la plaunche ne seit mye croes  Goldsmiths 136

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See also:

planchage  planchebord  plancheis  plancher1  plancher2  planchure 
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