footplaten.

Brit.

/ˈfʊtpleɪt/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtˌpleɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., plate n.

Etymology: < foot n. + plate n. In sense 2 after German Fußplatte (1843 in the passage translated in quot. 1844).

a. A flat part of a machine, vehicle, etc., which serves as a step, platform, or support for a person’s foot or feet.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > other parts

body bolt1810

safety chain1832

footplate1833

aisle1835

headlining1848

bumper1867

floor-plate1869

tension bar1879

suicide door1960

bull bar1967

roo bar1973

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > step

foot iron1741

carriage step1799

step1816

footplate1833

tread-steps1837

1833 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Feb. 285 The principal advantages consist in the breadth of the foot plate, and the foot being brought much nearer the ice.

1855 H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang. Foot-plate, carriage step.

1919 Commerc. Car Jrnl. 15 Mar. 29/3 A foot accelerator with foot plate..and a wrench to fit spring clip nuts are items of particular interest.

1962 N.Y. Times 17 Feb. 24/6 The person stands on the footplate to be measured.

2009 Backpacker Fall/Winter 68/3 Broad heel and toe straps mount to a full-length footplate, locking you securely to the snowshoe.

b. spec. A platform in the cab of a steam locomotive used by members of the crew.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > cab for driver > platform for engine-man

footplate1840

1840 Mechanics' Mag. 5 Dec. 539/2 The engine-man or conductor, by whom the connection may be broken (without his leaving the foot-plate).

1898 W. H. Mills Railway Constr. 166 The exhaust vapours..are deflected down on to the footplate in such dense volumes as to almost suffocate the driver.

1947 Manch. Guardian 8 Mar. 3/1 I tried to build up a picture of conditions on the footplate of an engine travelling over the Pennines.

1991 Model Railways Mar. 149/2 Extend the frames, connecting, coupling.., footplate and then, of course, the engine is too long.

2010 A. Lambert Railway Misc. 86 A blowback from the firebox engulfed the poor fireman in flames, and he fell from the footplate.

2. Anatomy. The flat base of the stapes (stirrup bone), which fits into the oval window of the inner ear.

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1844 R. Willis tr. R. Wagner Elements Physiol. iii. 534 Except serpents, the scaly amphibia have a tympanum closed by a membrane which is connected with the fenestra ovalis by means of a staff—or trumpet-shaped ossiculum auditus, (Columella), the base of which corresponds to the base or foot-plate of the os stapedis in man.

1894 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 24 Nov. 1169/1 Hence we find a localised purulent collection constantly bathing the head of the malleus, the body of the incus, the crura, and the foot plate of the stapes.

1910 Practitioner Feb. 237 In a typical specimen the stapes will be seen to be fixed to the oval window by bone either along the margin of the foot-plate or by bony processes passing from the limbs of the ossicle.

1974 V. B. Mountcastle Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) I. iv. xii. 390/1 Otosclerosis is a disease in which the footplate of the stapes is immobilized in the oval window by an abnormal bone growth.

2008 R. R. Gacek Ear Surg. i. 1/1 Several varieties of prostheses and techniques exist for fenestrating the stapes footplate.

Compounds

attributive with the sense ‘designating railway workers who operate (steam) locomotives, such as drivers, firemen, and secondmen’, as footplate men, footplate crew, footplate staff, etc.

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1889 Leeds Mercury 16 Oct. 8/2 The triennial meeting of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen was opened yesterday... The society..restricts its membership to footplate men.

1911 Manch. Guardian 10 Nov. 4/7 The uncertain quantity is the Associated Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, composed entirely of ‘footplate’ men.

1970 F. McKenna Gloss. Railwaymen's Talk p. v The footplate crew has an even worse cycle—what is called the ‘split shift’ system.

2012 Steam World Aug. 36/2 The Control staff were mostly old stagers... They had been former footplate staff, guards, lamp men—you name it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	footplate
释义	footplaten. Brit. /ˈfʊtpleɪt/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌpleɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., plate n. Etymology: < foot n. + plate n. In sense 2 after German Fußplatte (1843 in the passage translated in quot. 1844). 1. a. A flat part of a machine, vehicle, etc., which serves as a step, platform, or support for a person’s foot or feet. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > other parts body bolt1810 safety chain1832 footplate1833 aisle1835 headlining1848 bumper1867 floor-plate1869 tension bar1879 suicide door1960 bull bar1967 roo bar1973 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > step foot iron1741 carriage step1799 step1816 footplate1833 tread-steps1837 1833 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Feb. 285 The principal advantages consist in the breadth of the foot plate, and the foot being brought much nearer the ice. 1855 H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang. Foot-plate, carriage step. 1919 Commerc. Car Jrnl. 15 Mar. 29/3 A foot accelerator with foot plate..and a wrench to fit spring clip nuts are items of particular interest. 1962 N.Y. Times 17 Feb. 24/6 The person stands on the footplate to be measured. 2009 Backpacker Fall/Winter 68/3 Broad heel and toe straps mount to a full-length footplate, locking you securely to the snowshoe. b. spec. A platform in the cab of a steam locomotive used by members of the crew. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > cab for driver > platform for engine-man footplate1840 1840 Mechanics' Mag. 5 Dec. 539/2 The engine-man or conductor, by whom the connection may be broken (without his leaving the foot-plate). 1898 W. H. Mills Railway Constr. 166 The exhaust vapours..are deflected down on to the footplate in such dense volumes as to almost suffocate the driver. 1947 Manch. Guardian 8 Mar. 3/1 I tried to build up a picture of conditions on the footplate of an engine travelling over the Pennines. 1991 Model Railways Mar. 149/2 Extend the frames, connecting, coupling.., footplate and then, of course, the engine is too long. 2010 A. Lambert Railway Misc. 86 A blowback from the firebox engulfed the poor fireman in flames, and he fell from the footplate. 2. Anatomy. The flat base of the stapes (stirrup bone), which fits into the oval window of the inner ear. ΚΠ 1844 R. Willis tr. R. Wagner Elements Physiol. iii. 534 Except serpents, the scaly amphibia have a tympanum closed by a membrane which is connected with the fenestra ovalis by means of a staff—or trumpet-shaped ossiculum auditus, (Columella), the base of which corresponds to the base or foot-plate of the os stapedis in man. 1894 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 24 Nov. 1169/1 Hence we find a localised purulent collection constantly bathing the head of the malleus, the body of the incus, the crura, and the foot plate of the stapes. 1910 Practitioner Feb. 237 In a typical specimen the stapes will be seen to be fixed to the oval window by bone either along the margin of the foot-plate or by bony processes passing from the limbs of the ossicle. 1974 V. B. Mountcastle Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) I. iv. xii. 390/1 Otosclerosis is a disease in which the footplate of the stapes is immobilized in the oval window by an abnormal bone growth. 2008 R. R. Gacek Ear Surg. i. 1/1 Several varieties of prostheses and techniques exist for fenestrating the stapes footplate. Compounds attributive with the sense ‘designating railway workers who operate (steam) locomotives, such as drivers, firemen, and secondmen’, as footplate men, footplate crew, footplate staff, etc. ΚΠ 1889 Leeds Mercury 16 Oct. 8/2 The triennial meeting of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen was opened yesterday... The society..restricts its membership to footplate men. 1911 Manch. Guardian 10 Nov. 4/7 The uncertain quantity is the Associated Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, composed entirely of ‘footplate’ men. 1970 F. McKenna Gloss. Railwaymen's Talk p. v The footplate crew has an even worse cycle—what is called the ‘split shift’ system. 2012 Steam World Aug. 36/2 The Control staff were mostly old stagers... They had been former footplate staff, guards, lamp men—you name it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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