plunket

plunket

English

Noun

plunket (countable and uncountable, plural plunkets)

1. Synonym of blunket
   • 1964, L. F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, p. 199.

     Burels at this time seem to have been made in lengths of 20 ells and sold at 8d. the ell, while the better quality cloths - browns, plunkets, blues, and greens - were nearly twice the length, and cost about 22d. the ell.

References

• plunket in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• plonket, plunkket, ploncket, plunkett, blunket, plaunket, plonkeut

Etymology

Potentially from Old Northern French blanket; though this etymology is disputed; more at English blunket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplunkɛt/

Noun

plunket (uncountable)

1. light grey-blue
2. A blanket or cloth of that color
3. Light blue dye

Descendants

• English: blunket (obsolete)

References

• “plunket (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

plunket

1. light grey-blue
2. Made of light grey-blue wool

Descendants

• English: blunket (obsolete)

References

• “plunket (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
whit	grey, hor	blak
red ; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre ; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry ; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket ; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet ; inde	rose, murrey ; purpel	claret