deck plate

American  

noun

Carpentry.

1. a purlin plate at the edge of a deck.

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Etymology

Origin of deck plate

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Or, a faucet with a deck plate can cover three holes, with the last hole for the spray.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021

Tubes and bags come attached to deck plate rims for chart and valuables storage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both conceal the hose and nozzle in a tube behind a deck plate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Find an appropriate door, utility hatch or deck plate to determine the size of hole to cut.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Hackensack River Draw-bridge consists of six spans of deck plate girders, each 110 ft. long, and a draw-span 300 ft. long, operated by two 70-h.p. electric motors.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Meadows Division and Harrison Transfer Yard. Paper No. 1153 by Temple, E. B.