bedplate

American  

[bed-playt] / ˈbɛdˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a plate, platform, or frame supporting the lighter parts of a machine.

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bedplate British  

/ ˈbɛdˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached

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Etymology

Origin of bedplate

First recorded in 1840–50; bed + plate ¹

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Example Sentences

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bedplate

When Elias began manufacturing machines on his own, he sunk into the bedplate of each machine a brass medallion bearing his likeness.

From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Grace Rogers Cooper

Screw G1 G2 down to the bedplate, 3/4 inch away from the cylinder centre line.

From Things To Make by Archibald Williams

The same method can be applied to individual turbines pumping their own oil from a tank in the bedplate; the return oil, as previously described, being temporarily prevented from running back to the supply.

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins

Make a bold scratch across the bedplate to show where the centre line of the shaft should be, and another along the bed for the piston-rod centre line.

From Things To Make by Archibald Williams

The machine we illustrate weighs 11 tons, and is all self-contained, the standards being mounted on a strong bedplate, which also carries the bearings for the shaft with fast and loose pulleys, belt gear, etc.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 by Various

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