n. 小块地, 地图

vt. 制...的地图

Plat \Plat\, n.
Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.

Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak.


Plat \Plat\, n. [Cf. {Plat} flat, which perh. caused this
spelling, and {Plot} a piece of ground.]
A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or
for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.

This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. --Milton.

I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. --Tennyson.


Plat \Plat\, v. t.
To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.


Plat \Plat\, a. [F. plat. See {Plate}, n.]
Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] --Gower.


Plat \Plat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Platted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Platting}.] [See {Plait}.]
To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
``They had platted a crown of thorns.'' --Matt. xxvii. 29.


Plat \Plat\, adv.
1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.]

But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. --Rom. of R.

2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] --Drant.


Plat \Plat\, n.
1. The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.

2. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] ``To note all the islands, and to set them
down in plat.'' --Hakluyt.