2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for
convenience in putting it on; -- called also {placket
hole}.
[1913 Webster]
3. A woman's pocket. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
placket hole — placket hole, 1. an opening to give access to a pocket in a skirt. 2. = placket. (Cf. ↑placket) … Useful english dictionary
placket-hole — noun see placket 2a * * * plackˈet hole noun (archaic) A slit in a skirt • • • Main Entry: ↑placket … Useful english dictionary
placket-hole — a pocket hole. York. From the Scots … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
Placket — Plack et, n. [F. plaquer to lay or clap on. See {Placard}.] 1. A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
placket — Synonyms and related words: air hole, armhole, blowhole, bullet hole, bunghole, cringle, deadeye, eye, eyelet, gasket, grommet, guide, keyhole, knothole, loop, loophole, manhole, mousehole, peephole, pigeonhole, pinhole, placket hole, porthole,… … Moby Thesaurus
air hole — Synonyms and related words: CAT, aerospace, aerosphere, air duct, air passage, air pocket, air shaft, air tube, airspace, airway, armhole, blowhole, breathing hole, bullet hole, bump, bunghole, ceiling, cringle, crosswind, deadeye, empty space,… … Moby Thesaurus
vent — Synonyms and related words: air, air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, announce, aperture, armhole, articulate, articulation, assert, avenue, blow, blow out, blowhole, blurt out, break, break it to, break the news,… … Moby Thesaurus
blowhole — Synonyms and related words: air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, armhole, avenue, breathing hole, bullet hole, bunghole, channel, chute, cringle, deadeye, debouch, door, egress, emunctory, escape, estuary, exhaust, exit,… … Moby Thesaurus
pigeonhole — Synonyms and related words: adjourn, air hole, alphabetize, analyze, armhole, arrange, assort, bibliography, blood, blowhole, book, bracket, branch, break down, bullet hole, bunghole, calendar, card catalog, caste, catalog, catalogue raisonne,… … Moby Thesaurus
spiracle — Synonyms and related words: air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, armhole, avenue, blowhole, breathing hole, bullet hole, bunghole, channel, chute, cringle, deadeye, debouch, door, egress, emunctory, escape, estuary,… … Moby Thesaurus
