plat
1[plat]
noun
a plot of ground.
a plan or map, as of land.
verb (used with object), plat·ted, plat·ting.
to make a plat of; plot.
Origin of plat
1plat
2[plat]
noun
verb (used with object), plat·ted, plat·ting.
Origin of plat
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Related Words for platting
mix, strap, fortify, interweave, spike, twine, thread, bind, add, attach, interlace, close, tie, plat, tuck, pleat, tress, crease, fold, knitExamples from the Web for platting
Historical Examples of platting
He then brought him into his cave, and gave him some platting to do.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): MarchSabine Baring-Gould
And they clothed him with purple: and, platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him.
How soon will you be platting your Sunflower Ranch into town lots for the new town that I hear is to be started down your way?
Winning the WildernessMargaret Hill McCarter
Long before any incorporation or any platting of town sites there was much activity in this locality.
Platting, plat′ing, n. the process of making interwoven work: such work itself.
plat
1noun
Word Origin for plat
C16 (also occurring in Middle English in place names): originally variant of plot ²
plat
2noun, verb plats, platting or platted dialect
Word Origin for plat
C16: variant of plait
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