playte
playte is the obsolete form of pleyt.
Meaning of pleyt
Noun (1)
pleyt (plural pleyts)
- A riverboat.
- In the second group a variety of ships may be placed: a boeyer, a pleyt, a krayer, an ever, a cogge, a bark, a hulk, and from the middle of the 15th century onwards a carvel.1954, Nelly Johanna Martina Kerling, Commercial Relations of Holland and Zeeland with England from the Late 13th Century to the Close of the Middle Ages
Noun (2)
pleyt (plural pleyts)
- A whip, as an instrument of punishment or torture in Russia.
- In Russia, the pleyt is a terrible form of punishment, which is still, I believe, administered in rare instances in Siberia. It is not ten years ago that a woman was flogged to death in Siberia.1896, Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, Round about Armenia: The Record of a Journey Across the Balkans Through Turkey, the Caucasus, and Persia in 1895
Forms of playte
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Questions about playte
- What is playte the obsolete form of?
- Playte is the obsolete form of pleyt.
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