'Platt' definitions:
Definition of 'platt'
From: GCIDE
- Lodge \Lodge\ (l[o^]j), n. [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.]
- 1. A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build]. --Robert of Brunne. [1913 Webster]
- O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! --Cowper. (b) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. --Shak. (c) A den or cave. (d) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge. (c) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A collection of objects lodged together. [1913 Webster]
- The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals. [1913 Webster]
- Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b) . [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Platt'
- Platte,
- North Platte,
- Platte Center,
- Platte City,
- Platte County,
- Platte Woods,
- Platte, MO,
- Platte, NE,
- Platte, SD,
- Platte, WY,
- Ville Platte,
- platte river,
- south platte,
- North Platte, NE,
- Platte Center, NE,
- Platte City, MO,
- Platte County, MO,
- Platte County, NE,
- Platte County, WY,
- Platte Woods, MO,
- Ville Platte, LA,
- boy orator of the platte,
- north platte river,
- platt national park,
- platte river penstemon,
- south platte river