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A small footbridge. Cf. plat, n.2 8.
A footbridge, a small bridge; (also) a culvert or other covered watercourse. Now English regional (chiefly north-western).
A small bridge over a ditch or watercourse. Also: a brick or wooden drain under a road or across a gateway, a culvert; see also quot. 1906.