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channel plates

channel plates is the plural of channel plate.

Meaning of channel plate

Noun

channel plate (plural channel plates)

  1. (historical) An iron plate or link fastened under a channel, to which a mast is secured.
    • “[W]e left the brig at sundown, lying with her channel plates nearly under water.”1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 250

Questions about channel plates

What is channel plates the plural of?
Channel plates is the plural of channel plate.

Words near channel plates in the dictionary

  1. Channel Islands
  2. Channel Islands Beach
  3. channel money
  4. channel of distribution
  5. channel plate
  6. channel plates
  7. channel section
  8. channel sections
  9. channel stopper
  10. channel stoppers
  11. channel stuffing

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