ploat

/ pləʊt /

verb

1. to thrash; beat soundly

2. to pluck (a fowl)

Word History and Origins

Origin of ploat¹

from Dutch or Flemish ploten to pluck the feathers or fur from

Example Sentences

The doctor chuckled, 'You are a queer fellow, Mr. Ploat; a queer fellow, and no mistake.

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Mrs. Ploat had taken an old-fashioned house in Queen Anne Street, large enough for a family of twenty persons.

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George Delwyn Ploat, the writer of the above remarkable story, was hanged in the jailyard at A—— for the wilful and brutal murder of Doctor Ambrose Matthai, a retired practitioner of that place.

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