placket

IPA: pɫˈækʌt

A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
(obsolete) A petticoat, especially an underpetticoat.
(obsolete, slang, by extension) A woman.
(obsolete) A woman's pocket.
(historical) A leather jacket strengthened with strips of steel.
(historical) An additional plate of steel on the lower half of the breastplate or backplate.

Examples of "placket" in Sentences

The two sides of the placket often overlap.
Although not right away, because the placket and collar come next.
The buttonhole band is done, and attached to the bottom of the placket-space.
I had to rip out my first attempt at a neck placket because I had plunged in with no thought at all.
The women's version would have a slightly longer, more flattering sleeve and a lengthier buttoned placket.
The MacLanes were using four buttons rather than two three on the longer placket, plus an extra, raising the cost per shirt.
And that Sensor Girl costume was too dated — those 1980s shoulder pads and that button-up placket over her chest and that God-awful belt.
The front is supposed to get rid of those 48 stitches (in the placket and the front-neck shaping) and have only the shoulders left at the end.
In a third kind of placket, the opening is faced with a continuous piece of tape on both sides and finished with a piece of material on the outside.
A woman's blouse looks different from a man's shirt if it is buttoned in the back or the buttons were hidden by a placket or the buttons were shaped like pearls or some other novelty.
One of the patterns I bought not too long ago had a choice between a faux wrap front (side zip) or a button front but it also included details for a ruffled blouse (placket) and another for a pin-tucked version.