backplate

[ bak-pleyt ]

noun

Building Trades. a wood or metal plate serving as a backing for a structural member.
Armor. a piece of plate armor for protecting the back: worn as part of a cuirass.

Origin of backplate

First recorded in 1650–60; back¹ + plate¹

According to the Emperors inventory, the backplate, which does not exist, bore the image of St. Barbara.
Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert
That princes monogram, the Conde points out, is to be seen on the backplate gilded in relief.
Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert
The backplate, which is only three millimetres thick, has been perforated by the bullet.
Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert
Stel Felso Theu took the backplate of the control cabinet off, and the terrestrians looked at the control with interest.
Invaders from the Infinite | John Wood Campbell

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