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.
PLATAN Plat"an, n. Etym: [L. platanus. See Plane the tree.] [Written also platane.]
Defn: The plane tree. Tennyson.
PLATANIST
Plat"a*nist, n. Etym: [L. platanista a sort of fish, Gr. plataniste.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: The soosoo.
PLATANUS
Plat"a*nus, n. Etym: [See Plane the tree.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of trees; the plane tree.
PLATBAND Plat"band`, n. Etym: [F. plate-bande; plat, plate, flat, level + bande a band.]
1. A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border.
2. (Arch.) (a) A flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave. (b) A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.