Placket vs Lapel - What's the difference?
placket | lapel |
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.
(obsolete) A woman's pocket.
Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
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*:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?! You?! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
As nouns the difference between placket and lapel
is that placket is a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings while lapel is each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.placket
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)