ploot
English
editEtymology 1
editSee plout (“action of plunging or submerging”, “heavy fall of rain”, “a splash”).
Noun
editploot (plural ploots)
- (Scotland) Obsolete spelling of plout. [18th C.]
- (Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of plout [20th C. onward]
References
editEtymology 2
editSee plute (“plutocrat”).
Noun
editploot (plural ploots)
- Alternative spelling of Pulte [21th C. onward]
References
edit- OED (3rd ed., September 2006), “plute, n.²”