bedplate

American  

[bed-pleyt] / ˈbɛdˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a plate, platform, or frame supporting the lighter parts of a machine.

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bedplate British  

/ ˈbɛdˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached

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Etymology

Origin of bedplate

First recorded in 1840–50; bed + plate ¹

Example Sentences

Serving as the machine’s bedplate, the arm was shaped to accommodate the stitching of all the parts of the shoe.

From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers

The machine we illustrate weighs 11 tons, and is all self-contained, the standards being mounted on a strong bedplate, which also carries the bearings for the shaft with fast and loose pulleys, belt gear, etc.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 by Various

Around the bedplate are located the oil-cooling coils, the oil strainer, the oil reservoir and the oil pipings to the bearing.

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)

Here the solid metal gave way to solder and he picked at this until he discovered that a piece of sheet metal had been soldered at the edges and fastened to the bedplate.

From The Ethical Engineer by Harrison, Harry

Make a bold scratch across the bedplate to show where the centre line of the shaft should be, and another along the bed for the piston-rod centre line.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald