Definitions for placket

placket plack·et

Spelling: [plak-it]
IPA: /ˈplæk ɪt/

Placket is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in placket (aceklpt).

Definitions for placket

noun

  1. the opening or slit at the top of a skirt, or in a dress or blouse, that facilitates putting it on and taking it off.
  2. a pocket, especially one in a woman's skirt.
  3. Archaic. a petticoat. a woman.

Origin of placket

1595-1605; variant of placard breastplate Old French, derivative of plaquier to plate Middle Dutch placken to patch; cf. plaque

Examples for placket

Gather from the placket to the middle of the front gore, if a skirt, apron, or dress.

By St. Winifred's placket, cried Gymnast, this case has been often tried.

A placket is an opening in a garment allowing it to be put on.

There should be a double line of stitching across the bottom of the hem to strengthen the placket.

In finishing the top of an underskirt, many like to dispense with the placket and fitted band.

Can you tell where to place the two strips for the bands, and for the placket facings?

The placket may be finished before the two back gores are pinned to the front, if preferred.

Yes, the long narrow strips are for the belt; some are for the placket facings.

The first exercise of the "placket Sampler" is done on one of these quarters.

The placket of a skirt should have an underlap extending well below the opening.

Word Value for placket
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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