pleasance

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.

   “the pleasances of old Elizabethan houses”

   “It is a tropical pleasance, washed by a noble river.”

2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.

   “Now ſtands the Brere like a Loꝛd alone, / Puffed vp with pꝛyde and vaine pleaſaunce: […]”

name

1. A female given name from French.

   “Similarly, the verse at the close of Through the Looking Glass is an acrostic for Alice Pleasance Liddell.”

2. A surname transferred from the given name.