ˈplaccate Obs. exc. Hist.
Also 8 plaquet, 9 placate.
[app. a variant of placard (in sense 3): cf. the γ forms there. See also placket2 1.]
1. A piece of armour consisting of a plate of steel or iron worn over the cuirass: = placard n. 3 a. Also, a leather jacket or doublet lined with strips of steel, worn under the outer armour.
| 1632 J. Cruso Milit. Instr. Cavallerie (Fairholt), [A breast and back] caliver proof by addition of the placcate. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. xix. (Roxb.) 166/2 They..haue vnder their Armour a good Buffe coate, or a Placcate or an under brest plate to make them caliver proofe. 1788 Grose Milit. Antiq. (1801) II. 252 The breastpiece [of the cuirass] was occasionally strengthened by an additional plate called a plaquet. 1869 Boutell Arms & Armour x. (1874) 204 The plates..placed in front of the shoulders were placates; but when the shoulders were covered by the reinforce-plates, they were distinguished as pauldrons. |
† 2. = placket2. Obs.
| 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. iii. i. 186 Don Cupid, Regent of Loue-rimes, Lord of folded armes... Dread Prince of Placcats, King of Codpeeces. |
† 3. See placard n. 1 c. Obs.