n. [ OF. desplaisance, F. déplaisance. Cf. Displacency. ] Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]