nickel plate

¹ American  

noun

1. a thin coating of nickel deposited on the surface of a piece of metal, as by electroplating.

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nickel-plate ² American  

[nik-uhl-pleyt] / ˈnɪk əlˈpleɪt /

verb (used with object)

nickel-plated, nickel-plating

1. to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.

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nickel plate British  

noun

1. a thin layer of nickel deposited on a surface, usually by electrolysis

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Etymology

Origin of nickel plate¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Origin of nickel-plate²

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Salesmen studied its points: plenty of nickel plate; narrow, high radiator; low, elliptical lines; 8-cylinder, V-type motor; 125-in. wheelbase; six body types� roadster, phaeton, coup�, convertible coup�, victoria and sedan.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a huge fellow the nickel plate on whose cap announced that he was a piano mover.

From Turns about Town by Holliday, Robert Cortes

It was not a bath in the usual sense of water on tap, and shining nickel plate, but a bath for all that, where with premeditation and forethought one might bathe.

From The Street of Seven Stars by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

You can nickel plate a piece of copper in the following manner: Experiment 103.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)

Her name in full appeared staring at her from the nickel plate of the dog's collar.

From The Fifth Wheel A Novel by Prouty, Olive Higgins