PLAN, Fr. See [Plan].
Lever le PLAN de quelque place de guerre, Fr. to draw the plan of a fortified town or place.
PLANCHETTE, Fr. a small board or copper-plate, which is used in practical geometry.
PLANCHES, Fr. Boards, planks.
Planches d’entrevoux, Fr. Boards or planks that are laid between the joists or posts of a building.
PLANCHEYER, Fr. to board or floor.
PLANCONS, Fr. literally twigs, or small round pieces of wood. A term used in hydraulics. See Belidor.
PLANIMETRY, (planimetrie, Fr.) that part of geometry which considers lines and plane figures, without any reference to heights or depths, in opposition to stenometry, or the mensuration of solids.
PLANISPHERE, (planisphere, Fr.) a representation of the globe or sphere on paper, for geometrical and astronomical purposes.
To PLANT, in a military sense, to place, to fix; as to plant a standard. It likewise signifies to arrange different pieces of ordnance for the purpose of doing execution against an enemy or his works. Hence to plant a battery. Johnson applies it to the act of directing a cannon properly. The French use the word generally as we do, except in the last mentioned sense. They say, metre le canon en batterie. In others the term bears the same signification, with occasional deviations when they apply it figuratively, viz.