PLEASANCE

Pleas″ance (?), n. [[F. plaisance. See Please.]] 1. 1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. Shak. “Full great pleasance.” Chaucer. “A realm of pleasance.” Tennyson.
2. 2. A secluded part of a garden.
The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. Ruskin.