ploot

== English == === Etymology 1 === See plout (“action of plunging or submerging”, “heavy fall of rain”, “a splash”). ==== Noun ==== ploot (plural ploots) (Scotland) Obsolete spelling of plout [18th C.]. (Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of plout [20th C. onward] ==== References ==== OED (3rd ed., September 2006), “plout, n.” === Etymology 2 === See plute (“plutocrat”). ==== Noun ==== ploot (plural ploots) Alternative spelling of plute [20th C. onward] ==== References ==== OED (3rd ed., September 2006), “plute, n.²”