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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plet, ppl. a. Also: plett. [Cf. Plat and Plait.]

1. Intertwined, interwoven, braided. 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 231.
For vj elne braid ribanes to be ane plet suord belt to the king c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 15.
Throw pykis of the plet thorne I presandlie luikit 1582 Treas. Acc. MS. 92.
Ane hatt with ane plett string theirto 1588 Edinb. Test. XIX. 305.
xxij plett craip stringis 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 360.
2 stay bands, one of them plett

2. Applied to the metal gratings, or the bars composing these, set in window-openings or the like or to the metal-work for this: ‘Pleated’, set criss-cross, of interwoven metal bars arranged criss-cross. 1529–30 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 24.
ii bund plet wyndois for ii fawyn lychtis in the ii chalmeris nixt the woltis in the tour extending maid irne werk in wecht to xii stane and i half 1530 Ib. 47. 1535–6 Ib. 186.
The compt … of the maid plet irne werk … Item in primis to the iiii lychtis in the wardrop nixt the toure of the fore entre in plet bosit maid irne werk xxvi stanis 1537–8 Ib. 217.
To the said Williame [Hill, smith] for ane gret bosit plet windo with vi standertis and xiiii thortouris to the inner lying chalmer … contenand in wecht xxxi stane xi pund 1569 Prot. Bk. Gilbert Grote 74.
Werk … pertening to the commoun mylnis … gemma bandis, plett wark, irne ȝettis [etc.] 1624 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 394.
To repair the wyndowes of the college librarie and to give thame plett irne stensheounes for the greater securitie 1635 Chapel Royal cxciii. 1640 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 218.
The wyndoes … in the wairdhous … to be securit … ather be plet stansheounes and tirleiss of yron or some wther suir devyce