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placket

[ plak-it ]
/ ˈplæk ɪt /
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noun
the opening or slit at the top of a skirt, or in a dress or blouse, that facilitates putting it on and taking it off.
a pocket, especially one in a woman's skirt.
Archaic.
  1. a petticoat.
  2. a woman.
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Origin of placket

1595–1605; variant of placard breastplate <Old French, derivative of plaquier to plate <Middle Dutch placken to patch; cf. plaque

Words nearby placket

Plácido's disk, Placidyl, placing, plack, plackart, placket, placode, placoderm, placoid, plafond, plagal
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British Dictionary definitions for placket

placket
/ (ˈplækɪt) /
noun dressmaking
a piece of cloth sewn in under a closure with buttons, hooks and eyes, zips, etc
the closure itself

Word Origin for placket

C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch plackaet breastplate, from Medieval Latin placca metal plate
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