bearing plate

American  

noun

1. a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.

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Example Sentences

Figure 3 Side view of failures in compression across the grain, showing crushing of blocks under bearing plate.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.

Apparatus: An ordinary static testing machine, a bearing plate, and a deflectometer are required.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.

Adjusting specimen in machine: The specimen is laid horizontally upon the platform of the machine and a steel bearing plate placed on its upper surface immediately beneath the centre of the movable head.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.

Every night we arranged pit-falls for the robbers, and all filed up to bed, bearing plate, money, weapons, and things to barricade with, as if we lived in war times.

From An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May