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chain plate
noun
, Nautical.
- any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chain plate1
First recorded in 1685–95
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Example Sentences
Their painter was fast to a chain-plate, and they cast it adrift.
From Project Gutenberg
The gale meanwhile freshened, and freshened yet more; and the Betsey leaned over till her lee chain-plate lay along in the water.
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