pleyt noun2 •(historical) A whip, as an instrument of punishment or torture in Russia.In Russia, the pleyt is a terrible form of punishment, which is still, I believe, administered in rare instances in Siberia. It is not ten years ago that a woman was flogged to death in Siberia. — 1896 •(no longer used) A riverboat.In the second group a variety of ships may be placed: a boeyer, a pleyt, a krayer, an ever, a cogge, a bark, a hulk, and from the middle of the 15th century onwards a carvel. — 1954 formspleyts
