Found 2 items, similar to pleasance.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pleasance pleasance n 1: a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion 2: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; “he was tingling with pleasure” [syn: pleasure] [ant: pain]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pleasance Pleasance \Pleas"ance\, n. [F. plaisance. See Please.] 1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [Archaic] --Shak. “Full great pleasance.” --Chaucer. “A realm of pleasance.” --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. A secluded part of a garden. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. --Ruskin. [1913 Webster]