Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

placket

/ˈplækɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: plack-et
IPA: /ˈplækɪt/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings

noun

A petticoat, especially an underpetticoat.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete; Slang

noun

A woman's pocket.

Obsolete

noun

A leather jacket strengthened with strips of steel.

noun

An additional plate of steel on the lower half of the breastplate or backplate.

Example Sentences

"Dislike dressing together. Nicked myself shaving. Biting her nether lip, hooking the placket of her skirt."
"When the placket of his shirt gave way, the stones tore freely into the skin on his chest and back, and he no longer imagined Lucy Hartley enjoying his guitar serenades—he wondered if he would get to the roof alive."
"Is there no manners left among maids?VVill they vveare their plackets vvhere they ſhould bear their faces?"
"[…]: after this,the vengeance on the vvhole Camp,or rather,the bone-ach,for that,me thinkes is the curſe dependant on thoſe that vvarre for a placket."
"[…] was that brave [hart] made to pant for a placket: and now i’th’ dog-days too, when nothing dare love!"

Etymology

Either a variant of placard or borrowed from Middle French plaquette (“metal plate”), from plaquer (“to lay or clap on”). See placard.

Usage

Inflected Forms

plackets (plural)

Phrases

placket hole

Synonyms

placcat placcate

Rhymes With

jacket bracket packet red packet racket racquet rackett

Questions

How do you pronounce placket?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈplækɪt/.
What does placket mean?: A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
Where does placket come from?: Either a variant of placard or borrowed from Middle French plaquette (“metal plate”), from plaquer (“to lay or clap on”). See placard.

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