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• nickel plate
  nickel plate

  noun

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

  verb (used with object)

  to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.

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

He took out a nickel plate that bore his name.

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman

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

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

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