"placket" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈplækɪt/ Forms: plackets [plural]
Rhymes: -ækɪt Etymology: From French plaquer (“to lay or clap on”). See placard. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|plaquer||to lay or clap on}} French plaquer (“to lay or clap on”), {{m|en|placard}} placard Head templates: {{en-noun}} placket (plural plackets)
  1. A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-placket-en-noun-PfXOoIu1 Disambiguation of Clothing: 51 48 0 0 0 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 19 1 1 14 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 12 1 1 8 11
  2. (obsolete) A petticoat, especially an underpetticoat. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-placket-en-noun-0uaE4Ssl Disambiguation of Clothing: 51 48 0 0 0 1
  3. (obsolete, slang, by extension) A woman. Tags: broadly, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-placket-en-noun-4BmJEEJs
  4. (obsolete) A woman's pocket. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-placket-en-noun-6-AEeY6S
  5. (historical) A leather jacket strengthened with strips of steel. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-placket-en-noun-PzS4xtfU
  6. (historical) An additional plate of steel on the lower half of the breastplate or backplate. Tags: historical Synonyms: placcat, placcate
    Sense id: en-placket-en-noun-46~BChLj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: placket hole

Inflected forms

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