Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A slit in a dress, blouse, or skirt.
- n. A pocket, especially in a woman's skirt.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A pocket, especially a pocket in a woman's dress.
- n. The opening or slit in a petticoat or skirt; a fent.
- n. A petticoat; hence, figuratively, a woman.
- n. Same as placcate.
Wiktionary
- n. a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
- n. obsolete A petticoat, especially an under petticoat.
- n. obsolete, slang, by extension A woman.
- n. obsolete A woman's pocket.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman.
- n. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also
placket hole . - n. A woman's pocket.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
Etymologies
- French plaquer to lay or clap on. See placard. (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In a third kind of placket, the opening is faced with a continuous piece of tape on both sides and finished with a piece of material on the outside.”
“The women's version would have a slightly longer, more flattering sleeve and a lengthier buttoned placket.”
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“The MacLanes were using four buttons rather than two three on the longer placket, plus an extra, raising the cost per shirt.”
The Wall Street Journal: Polo Puzzle: What Goes Into a $155 Price Tag?
“A woman's blouse looks different from a man's shirt if it is buttoned in the back or the buttons were hidden by a placket or the buttons were shaped like pearls or some other novelty.”
The Long, Modest Gowns Painted by Peter Severin Kroyer (1851-1909)
“One of the patterns I bought not too long ago had a choice between a faux wrap front (side zip) or a button front but it also included details for a ruffled blouse (placket) and another for a pin-tucked version.”
“The buttonhole band is done, and attached to the bottom of the placket-space.”
“Although not right away, because the placket and collar come next.”
“The front is supposed to get rid of those 48 stitches (in the placket and the front-neck shaping) and have only the shoulders left at the end.”
“I had to rip out my first attempt at a neck placket because I had plunged in with no thought at all.”
“And that Sensor Girl costume was too dated — those 1980s shoulder pads and that button-up placket over her chest and that God-awful belt.”
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ruzuzu Also placket-hole. Dec 17, 2010