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footplate

[ foot-pleyt ]
/ ˈfʊtˌpleɪt /
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noun
Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
a platform or special floor area on which workers stand to operate a machine.
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Origin of footplate

First recorded in 1840–50; foot + plate1

Words nearby footplate

footmen's gallery, footnote, footpace, footpad, footpath, footplate, foot-pound, foot-poundal, foot-pound-second, foot-pound-second system, foot presentation
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How to use footplate in a sentence

  • He could not help thinking how excellent a thing it would be to come home after a grimy run on the footplate.

    Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

  • When he slid back to the footplate his legs were wet to the mid shin.

    The Grafters|Francis Lynde

  • But again the corner of the footplate jammed with the corner of the truck, and again we came to a jarring halt.

    London to Ladysmith via Pretoria|Winston Spencer Churchill

  • He caught at the rail, mounted the footplate, and swung himself into the cab.

    Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout|Robert Leighton

British Dictionary definitions for footplate

footplate
/ (ˈfʊtˌpleɪt) /
noun
mainly British
  1. a platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the crew stand to operate the controls
  2. (as modifier)a footplate man
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for footplate

footplate
[ fut′plāt′ ]
n.
base of stapes
pedicel
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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