plunket

plunket (countable and uncountable, plural plunkets)

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

• “plunket”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈplunkɛt/

plunket (uncountable)

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

• English: blunket (obsolete)

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

plunket

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

• English: blunket (obsolete)

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