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.