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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

In the sense of the poet Goethe—that meek idolater of provincial three carat royalty and nobility—our press is certainly bankrupt in the "thrill of awe"—otherwise reverence; reverence for nickel plate and brummagem.

From The American Claimant by Twain, Mark

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

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

The description of Barber's brace documents a major technical change: wood to steel, leather washers to ball bearings, and natural patina to nickel plate.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.

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