placket /ˈplækɪt/ noun6 •A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fasteningsDislike dressing together. Nicked myself shaving. Biting her nether lip, hooking the placket of her skirt. — 1922 •(historical) A leather jacket strengthened with strips of steel. •(historical) An additional plate of steel on the lower half of the breastplate or backplate. •(no longer used) A petticoat, especially an underpetticoat.Is there no manners left among maids?VVill they vveare their plackets vvhere they should bear their faces? — 1610 •(slang, no longer used) A woman.[…]: after this,the vengeance on the vvhole Camp,or rather,the bone-ach,for that,me thinkes is the curse dependant on those that vvarre for a placket. — 1602 •(no longer used) A woman's pocket. formsplackets