In the United States, a plat is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bearing between section corners, sometimes including topographic or vegetation information.
What is the meaning of the plat?
1 : a small piece of ground (such as a lot or quadrat) : plot. 2 : a plan, map, or chart of a piece of land with actual or proposed features (such as lots) also : the land represented. plat. verb (2) platted; platting.
What is a plat in British?
British Dictionary definitions for plat (1 of 2)
plat 1. / (plæt) / noun. a small area of ground; plot.
