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Placket vs Henley - What's the difference?

placket | henley |

As nouns the difference between placket and henley

is that placket is a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings while henley is a type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.

As a proper noun Henley is

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placket

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
  • :* 1922': Dislike dressing together. Nicked myself shaving. Biting her nether lip, hooking the '''placket of her skirt. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
  • :* 2001': When the '''placket of his shirt gave way, the stones tore freely into the skin on his chest and back, and he no longer imagined Lucy Hartley enjoying his guitar serenades – he wondered if he would get to the roof alive. — Glen David Gold, ''Carter Beats the Devil
  • (obsolete) A petticoat, especially an under petticoat.
  • (obsolete, slang, by extension) A woman.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (obsolete) A woman's pocket.

    • henley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 14, author=Mike Albo, title=If You Really Need the Big Price Tag, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=I found a long-sleeve henley in a long-john weave of cool, beautifully soft viscose for $125. }}