plat

Meanings

1. A plot of land; a lot.
2. A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
3. A plot, a scheme.

1. To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.

1. A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
2. Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.

1. To braid, to plait.

1. Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.

1. Flatly, plainly.

1. Clipping of platform
2. Clipping of platform game

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English plat, platte (“flat part of a sword; flat piece of ground, plot of ground”), probably a variant of Middle English plot, (modern English plot) and influenced by Middle English plat, plate (modern English plate) and Anglo-Norman, Middle French and Old French plat. See platy-, plaice, flat. The verb is derived from the noun.