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单词 fishplate
释义

fishplate

[ fish-pleyt ]
/ ˈfɪʃˌpleɪt /

noun

a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
Railroads Now Rare. a joint bar.

Origin of fishplate

1850–55; fish, alteration of French fiche fastening, derivative of ficher to fasten, fix (see fichu) + plate1

Words nearby fishplate

fishmonger, fishnet, Fish or cut bait, fish out, Fish out of water, fishplate, fish pole, fishpond, fishpound, fish protein concentrate, fish sauce
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Example sentences from the Web for fishplate

  • The fishplate instead of the frog, and the steel rail in place of the good old snakehead!

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for fishplate

fishplate
/ (ˈfɪʃˌpleɪt) /

noun

a flat piece of metal joining one rail, stanchion, or beam to another
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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