plan|chette

plan|chette
plan|chette «plan SHEHT», noun.
1. a small board supported on two casters and a vertical pencil. The pencil is supposed to write words when a person rests his fingers lightly on the planchette.
2. the small board on legs that touches letters or words on a Ouija board.
╂[earlier, small plank < French planchette (diminutive) < Old French planche plank; see etym. under planch (Cf. ↑planch)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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