Plat

[imp. & p. p. PLATTED; p. pr. & vb. n. PLATTING.] [From plait, q. v.] To form by interlaying or interweaving; to weave.

Work done by platting or interweaving.

[See infra, and cf. PLOT, the same word differently written.] A small piece of ground laid or marked out with some design, or for a distinct use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground; as, a flowery plat; a plat of willows. “On a plat of rising ground.” Milton.

[D. & Dan. plat, Ger. & Sw. platt, Fr. & Pr. plat, It. piatto, Pg. & Sp. chato, allied to Gr. πλατύς, flat, broad.] Plain; flat. [Obs.] Chaucer.