plack
/plæk/
Meaning
A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Misspelling of plaque.
A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.
A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.
Examples
‘Yes, I prayed you to grant my life, which is in your power. The saving of it would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.’
Word Forms
placks
Etymology
From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“a thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.