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

The most of them are made by the use of a hollow bedplate with steam fitted heads or plates.

From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.

Make a punch mark on the bedplate, and using this as centre for one of the points, describe an arc of a circle with the other.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

Screw G1 G2 down to the bedplate, 3/4 inch away from the cylinder centre line.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

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)

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