placette (c.1240)
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placette (c.1240)

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[ hap]

[ FEW: 9,39a platea; Gdf: 6,182c placete; GdfC: ∅; TL: 7,1005 placete; DEAF:  place (placete); DMF:  placette; TLF:  placette; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2299c placeta ]
 

While most dictionaries interpret this word is a diminutive form of place, TL defines it as ‘schlecter Flecken im Pelzwerk’ and relates it to the adjectival form plaços (7,1005) ‘kahlköpfig (stellenweise)’ which is attested in AN as placheus.

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1pathol.med.sore place, affected spot: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  [...] puis sur les placettes metez ceste pudre que si doit estre faite  i 52
place  placheus  plassage 
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