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sideplating

sideplating noun: plating along the side or edge of something.

Noun

sideplating (uncountable)

  1. Plating along the side or edge of something.
    • In some details, Britannia shows the trend towards American practice that was already apparent in later L.M.S.R. designs—for example, in regard to the mounting of the cab—and this tendency has been further developed in the footwalk with deep sideplating, mounted on the boiler, in place of the...1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 274

Forms of sideplating

alternative formside plating

Origin of sideplating

From side + plating.

Questions about sideplating

What does sideplating mean?
Sideplating means plating along the side or edge of something.
What part of speech is sideplating?
Sideplating is a noun.

Words near sideplating in the dictionary

  1. sidepersons
  2. sidepiece
  3. sidepieces
  4. sidepipe
  5. sidepipes
  6. sideplating
  7. sidepod
  8. sidepods
  9. sidepost
  10. sideposts
  11. sideproduct

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