horn-platen.
An iron frame attached to the lower part of a railway carriage or truck and having two guides in which the journal-box of the axle moves; an axle-guard, pedestal.
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pedestal1814
box1825
hot box1848
axle-bearing1849
horn-plate1856
axle-box1871
1856 S. C. Brees Terms & Rules Archit. 29 Axle Guard or Horn~plate.
1861 Ann. Reg. 5 The cause of the disaster was the breaking of one of the ‘horn-plates’ of the engine.
1864 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. Adopting the old classic car system of rollers fixed on a shaft or axle, which revolves with them in hole pins, or what are now termed horn plates.
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