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flitchplate

American

[flich-pleyt] / ˈflɪtʃˌpleɪt /

noun

Carpentry.

an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.

Etymology

Origin of flitchplate

First recorded in 1885–90; flitch + plate ¹

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