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horn-plate
An iron frame attached to the lower part of a railway carriage or truck and having two guides in which the journal-box of the axle moves; an axle-guard, pedestal.
1856S. C. Brees Gloss. Terms 29 Axle Guard or Horn⁓plate. 1861Ann. Reg. 5 The cause of the disaster was the breaking of one of the ‘horn-plates’ of the engine. 1864Daily Tel. 1 Dec., Adopting the old classic car system of rollers fixed on a shaft or axle, which revolves with them in hole pins, or what are now termed horn plates. |