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title: "Placket"
description: "A placket is a finished opening in a garment, usually reinforced and fitted with buttons, snaps or a zip, that lets it be put on."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/placket
published: 2026-10-16
updated: 2026-10-16
author: "The Teazle editors"
---

# Placket

*A placket is a finished opening in a garment, usually reinforced and fitted with buttons, snaps or a zip, that lets it be put on.*

A placket is the opening at a shirt front, cuff, neckline or skirt side, finished with an extra strip of fabric so it holds buttons or a zip and does not tear. Polo shirts and shirt cuffs are the familiar examples.


## Sources

1. [Common sewing and pattern making terms defined](https://blog.fabrics-store.com/?p=32171). Fabrics-store.com
2. [Placket (Q7200394)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7200394). Wikidata

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