PLANCHETTE


Meaning of PLANCHETTE in English

/plan shet", -chet"/ , n.

a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc. Cf. Ouija .

[ 1855-60; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .