fishplate

[ fish-pleyt ]

/ ˈfɪʃˌpleɪt /

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noun

a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.

Railroads Now Rare. a joint bar.

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Origin of fishplate

1850–55; fish, alteration of French fiche fastening, derivative of ficher to fasten, fix (see fichu) + plate¹

Words nearby fishplate

fishmonger, fishnet, Fish or cut bait, fish out, Fish out of water, fishplate, fish pole, fishpond, fishpound, fish protein concentrate, fish sauce

How to use fishplate in a sentence

The fishplate instead of the frog, and the steel rail in place of the good old snakehead!
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British Dictionary definitions for fishplate

fishplate

/ (ˈfɪʃˌpleɪt) /

noun

a flat piece of metal joining one rail, stanchion, or beam to another

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