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platting

platting is the present participle and gerund of plat.

Meaning of plat

Verb (1)

plat (third-person singular simple present plats, present participle platting, simple past and past participle platted)

  1. (transitive) To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.
    • A husband can not, without authority from his wife, plat her land, and the fact that the land which he assumes to plat was omitted by mistake from a previous plat made and acknowledged by her can make no difference.1888, John W[orth] Kern, official reporter, “The City of Indianapolis v. Patterson”, in Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana, […], volume...

Verb (2)

plat (third-person singular simple present plats, present participle platting, simple past and past participle platted)

  1. (dated except regional England) To braid, to plait.
    • And when they had platted a crowne of thornes, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, ſaying, haile king of the Jewes.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 27:29

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Noun

platting (plural plattings)

  1. (archaic) plaited strips of bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.

Forms of platting

pluralplattings

Phrases with platting

Questions about platting

What does platting mean?
Platting means plaited strips of bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.
What is platting the present participle and gerund of?
Platting is the present participle and gerund of plat.
What part of speech is platting?
Platting is a noun.
What is the plural of platting?
The plural of platting is plattings.

Words near platting in the dictionary

  1. platterlike
  2. platters
  3. plattersful
  4. Plattes
  5. Platteville
  6. platting
  7. plattings
  8. plattnerite
  9. platts
  10. Plattsburg
  11. Plattsburgh

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