Pleas'ance noun [ French plaisance . See Please .] 1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [ Archaic] Shak. 'Full great pleasance .' Chaucer. 'A realm of pleasance .' Tennyson. 2. A secluded part of a garden. [ Archaic] ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/105