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placket

/ˈplækɪt/

Rhymes with -ækɪt

Where it comes from

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

noun plackets

A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings Dislike dressing together. Nicked myself shaving. Biting her nether lip, hooking the placket of her skirt.
obsolete A petticoat, especially an underpetticoat. Is there no manners left among maids?VVill they vveare their plackets vvhere they ſhould bear their faces?
broadly, obsolete, slang A woman. […]: 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.
obsolete A woman's pocket.
historical A leather jacket strengthened with strips of steel.
historical An additional plate of steel on the lower half of the breastplate or backplate.
Similar: placcat, placcate

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@misc{placket_2026,
  title = {placket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/placket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}