plat

1 a small area of usually open land <each settler was granted a plat to farm> Synonyms clearing, ground, lot, parcel, plat, plot, tractRelated Words common(s), croft [chiefly British]; grass, green, greensward, lawn; glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland

2 a small piece of land that is developed or available for development <plans to build a shopping center on the last undeveloped plat in town> Synonyms parcel, plat, plot, property, tractRelated Words patch; frontage; lease; development; real estate

to form into a braid <plat yarn into a cord> Synonyms plait, braid, pleatRelated Words interlace, interweave, weave