pleck

See also: Pleck

English

Etymology

From Middle English pleck, plek, perhaps a variation of plack, or perhaps from Middle Dutch plecke, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”).

Cognate with West Frisian plak (“place, location, spot”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, place, patch”). More at patch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

pleck (plural plecks)

  1. (UK dialectal) A plot of ground.
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