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plat

A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground. This flowery plat, the sweet recess of eve. (milton) I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. (Tennyson)

Origin: Cf. Plat flat, which perh. Caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.