单词 | side plate |
释义 | side platen. 1. a. A plate of metal or other material at or forming the side of any object or structure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > something at the side > one of two side-pieces jambc1540 side plate1643 half-cheekc1860 1643 R. Gentilis tr. G. Diodati Pious Annot. Holy Bible (1 Kings vii. 27) 7/1 Certaine square and hollow bodies..were cast in one piece divided into two plates above and below, and foure little Pilasters at the foure corners between which were the foure side plates [It. quattro pareti]. 1744 B. Franklin Acct. Pennsylvanian Fire-places 13 This Machine consists of a bottom plate,..a back plate,..two side plates,..two middle plates,..which join'd together form a tight Box. 1841 Inventors' Advocate 21 Aug. 117/3 Using metal side plates in the sand mould for forming the sides of the chair. 1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2011/2 Saddle-bar,..2. The side-bar, side-plate, or spring-bar of a saddle-tree, one on each side connecting the pommel and cantle. 1974 M. Clifford Encycl. Home Wiring & Electr. vi.108 You can gang such boxes..by removing a side plate from each of the boxes. 2000 P. Vincent Mountain Bike Maintenance 105 If you don't have a chain tool, place a piece of fencing wire through the sideplate. b. A metal plate, often decorative, on the side of a muzzle-loading firearm supporting the screws that pass through the stock to hold the lock in place; (also) a plate in a similar position on other firearms that is purely decorative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > stock or shaft > parts of shaft1626 side plate1680 pistol hand1702 club1720 heel plate1753 break-off1804 shoulder-butt1810 pistol-butt1814 rifle butt1826 pistol grip1841 nose cap1844 trap1844 trap-plate1844 receiver1851 bump1852 furniture1852 bend1859 comb1867 fore-end1881 furniture-pin1881 grip1881 1680 London Gaz. No. 1532/4 A Pair of French Pistols,..the Stocks of Maple, Silver side-plates, and Silver Caps. 1748 B. Cole Soldier's Pocket Compan. 18 Let your Left Hand fall down by your Side, the side Plate opposite to your Roller, with your Arm a little bended. 1888 Chamber's Encycl. (new ed.) II. 418/2 (caption) Enfield-Martini Breech..with part of side plate removed. 1922 Pop. Mech. June 971/1 Remove the side plate of the gun, take off the trigger latch. 2013 Field Apr. 78/1 For aesthetics, and to put a little more weight between the hands, you may..add side-plates to a boxlock gun. 2. A plate smaller than a dinner plate, used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal. Also: a portion of food served on such a plate. Cf. side dish n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > side-dish entremet1477 by-dish1599 garnisha1640 side dish1702 side plate1714 side1847 banchan1938 side salad1940 the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > side-plate or under-plate wardnapec1475 gardnap1490 rundle1565 under-dish1625 portassiet1663 side plate1714 bread plate1872 1714 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days I. 283 An excellent Chourva with two Side-Plates of Spawn of Sturgeon was first served to the Table. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 104 Give it one boil, and serve it up for a Side-plate. 1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires ii. iv, in tr. Horace Wks. II. 167 I am found to be the first that served up this grape with apples in neat little side-plates. 1832 N. K. M. Lee Cook's Own Bk. 106/2 Crisp parsley on a side plate, is an admirable accompaniment. 1893 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 26 Jan. 2/7 On the top of the case of drawers were a dozen solid silver side plates and a huge solid silver punch bowl. 1946 Times 2 Nov. 6/7 (advt.) Wedgwood dinner service... 12 each soup, meat, sweet, and side plates. 1998 Food & Trav. Apr. 46/2 Small side-plates of meze are individually priced, so watch out. 2004 A. McCall Smith Sunday Philos. Club xvi. 175 Isabel took up a bread roll and broke it on her side plate. 3. Chiefly Zoology. A plate situated at or forming the side of a structure in an animal body.In quot. 1879: = lateral plate n. at lateral adj. and n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1818 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1 391 [Acipenser brevirostrum.] First variety... Side plates twenty-six; dorsal plates nine, and one at the base of the fin. 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry ix. 255 The three-fold division of the articulations of the body is common to both the Isopoda and the Amphipoda; but it is variable in degree, sometimes..appearing as if the side plates were distinct appendages. 1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. 303 The two lateral portions of the mesoderm..are usually called side-plates. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 47 The side plates or pleura (one each side) which are lateral extensions of the tergum with which they appear to be continuous. 1967 Jrnl. Paleontol. 41 458/2 As the radial grew outward, it moved past the side plates and thereby created new space at the aboral tip of the ambulacrum for the lancet to increase in length. 2009 Jrnl. Paleontol. 83 743/1 The lancet is small and covered by extremely wide side plates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1643 |
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