plack, plak noun a copper coin of low value la15-. etymology: Scots; Older Scots plakk, Dutch Flemish plak, something flat; the Middle Dutch word was also borrowed into other European languages; compare Middle Low German placke, plaksmall a Flemish coin (1424 or earlier); from circa 1370 in Dutch sources; 15th century in a British source); form plak also found in Shelta; also collected by EMcC/PS; attested by JS |