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steel plate
A plate of steel used for engraving, for the armour of warships, etc. Also attrib.
1680Moxon Mech. Exerc. xiv. 241 A Steel Plate, about half a quarter of an Inch thick. 1806J. Perkins (title) The permanent stereotype steel plate. 1824Encycl. Brit. Suppl. VI. 547/1 marg., Steel-Plate Engraving. Ibid. 548/1 Notes, with ornamental borders, printed from steel plates. 1880Print. Trades Jrnl. xxx. 34 Copper and steel-plate printing machines.
Also steel-plated a., -plater, -plating.
1819Scott Ivanhoe xxxi, His triangular steel-plated shield. 1825― Talism. xx, A broad pavesse, or buckler,..covered with steel-plating. 1882Standard 13 Oct. 2/3 The dispute originated with the frame benders and steel platers. 1898Daily News 19 Oct. 5/6 Five steel-plated vessels. |