dog platen.
/ˈdɒɡ ˌpleɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡ ˌpleɪt/, /ˈdɑɡ ˌpleɪt/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > awards and prizes
garland?a1513
plate1639
cupc1640
dog plate1686
gold medal1694
gold cup1718
sweepstake1773
trophy1822
bronze medal1852
shield1868
statuette1875
pot1885
team honours1895
letter1897
silver medal1908
school colour1913
gold1945
bronze1960
silver1960
Fed Cup1965
1686 London Gaz. No. 2166/4 There will be a Dog-Plate run for each day.
1886 J. P. Hore Hist. Newmarket III. xix. 241 On the 16th and 17th days following, there will be a Dog-plate run for each day.
2. Engineering and Mechanics. A metal plate with dogs for holding something in place; (in a lathe) a circular plate with radial slots into which the arm of a lathe dog will fit. Cf. dog n.1 28.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] > other parts of lathe
steel bow1680
shear1812
dog plate1834
wheel-plate1859
turning-gauge1877
spur centre1881
tail-pin1887
cat-head1940
1834 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 14 New Ser. 406 The particular mode of changing the position of the bolt, so as to saw different lengths... The particular mode of keeping the bolt firmly on the carriage, by means of elevating the dog plate.
1841 A. F. B. Creuze Treat. Theory & Pract. Naval Archit. (new ed.) 83 The extreme end of the beam is tied downward by bolts,..and the downward tie depends wholly on the clench of the dog-plate.
1919 N. C. Brown Forest Products iv. 100 The flitches are fastened against the dog plate in a heavily constructed steel stay log, by means of screw dogs.
1949 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 1 Nov. 2/3 (advt.) Quick change lathe with 3 and 4 jaw chucks, face plate and dog plate.
2008 H. A. Youssef & H. El-Hofy Machining Technol. iii. 66 A conical mandrel..provided with center holes to be clamped between centers using a dog plate and a lathe dog.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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