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 ]