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ˈchain-plate
1. Naut. [see chain n. 14.] One of the strong links or plates of iron fastened to the ship's side under the chainwale, to which the shrouds are secured.
1692in Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. xiv. 64 Main Chains and Chain Plaits. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) Cadenes de haubans, the chains of the shrouds, the chain-plates. 1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xxix. 106 We were loaded down to the bolts of our chain-plates.
2. Arch. One of a series of connected plates built into the walls of a building to give it greater stability: cf. chain n. 10.
1842Gwilt Archit. (1876) §1882 The best remedy against this inconvenience [settlement of the foundation] is to tie the walls together by the means of chain plates. |