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▪ I. platting, n. dial.|ˈplætɪŋ| [f. plat n.2 4, small bridge, plank-bridge + -ing1 1 g.] A small foot-bridge: cf. plat n.2 4.
1600Manch. Crt. Leet Rec. (1885) II. 156 So that the water maye passe vnder John Gee his plattinge. 1634Ibid. III. 216. 1653 Ibid. IV. 106 To fence and sufficiently to amend the dangerous plattinge over against the land lately his. c1890Hallam Derbysh. Gloss. (MS.), Platting. ▪ II. ˈplatting, vbl. n. [f. plat v.3 + -ing1.] 1. The action of plat v.3; plaiting.
1483Cath. Angl. 283/2 A Plattynge, jntricatura. 1862Burton Bk. Hunter (1863) 401 The skilful platting of withes. 2. Plaited straw, grass, palmetto, or the like, in ribbon-like strips, for making hats, bonnets, etc.
1725Berkeley Proposal for College Bermuda Wks. 1871 III. 222 Bermuda hats are worn by our ladies' they are made of a sort of mat, or..platting made of the palmetto⁓leaf. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 183 Platting is the slips of Cane, Straw, or Chip, woven or platted into pieces, for making Hats. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 461 Paper, Textiles, Platting, Basket-work, Clothing. |