plat (v. t.) To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
plat (n.) Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
plat (n.) A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or
for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
plat (v. t.) To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
plat (n.) Plain; flat; level.
plat (adv.) Plainly; flatly; downright.
plat (adv.) Flatly; smoothly; evenly.
plat (n.) The flat or broad side of a sword.
plat (n.) A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionaryπ
plat plat, v.t. Same as Plait
plat plat, n. a piece of ground: a piece of ground
ornamentally laid out: (obs.) a plan, scheme.βv.t. to
make a map or plan of.βn.Platβ²-band, a border of flowers in a garden:
(archit.) a slightly projecting square moulding, an architrave
fascia, a list between flutings. [Plot.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the MarineβοΈ
plat garcette de cable, a sort of braided cordage, formed of several
strands of old rope-yarn, twilled into foxes. It is used to wind
about that part of the cable which lies in the hause-hole, or against
the fore-part of the ship, where it would otherwise be greatly injured
by the continual friction, produced by the agitation of the ship in
stormy weather. See the articles FRESHEN and SERVICE.
Part of speech
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plat, verb, present, 1st person singular of plat (infinitive).
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