pleyt means A riverboat. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
noun
- A riverboat.“In the second group a variety of ships may be placed: a boeyer, a pleyt, a krayer, an ever, a cogge, a bark, a hulk, and from the middle of the 15th century onwards a carvel.”
- A whip, as an instrument of punishment or torture in Russia.“In Russia, the pleyt is a terrible form of punishment, which is still, I believe, administered in rare instances in Siberia. It is not ten years ago that a woman was flogged to death in Siberia.”