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footplate

[ foot-pleyt ]

noun

  1. Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
  2. a platform or special floor area on which workers stand to operate a machine.


footplate

/ ˈfʊtˌpleɪt /

noun

    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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of footplate1

First recorded in 1840–50; foot + plate 1
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Example Sentences

Organisers of the free event said the public will be able to step on to the 97-tonne engine's footplate.

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"We pay £200 per tonne of coal now. In normal circumstances our engines use three to four tonnes a day, even with footplate crews being economical."

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There was also a thought to bring the strut — the part that runs up the back of his calf and connects to the footplate — closer to his leg.

Couple after couple perch together, heels of their feet barely balancing on the footplate.

The researchers discovered writing on the footplate that was not visible to the naked eye.

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