backplate

[ bak-pleyt ]

/ ˈbækˌpleɪt /

Building Trades. a wood or metal plate serving as a backing for a structural member.

Armor. a piece of plate armor for protecting the back: worn as part of a cuirass.

Origin of backplate

First recorded in 1650–60; back¹ + plate¹

back passage, back-patting, back pay, back-pedal, back plastering, backplate, backpressure, back projection, backrest, Back River, back road

That princes monogram, the Conde points out, is to be seen on the backplate gilded in relief.
Spanish Arms and Armour|Albert F. Calvert
The backplate, which is only three millimetres thick, has been perforated by the bullet.
Spanish Arms and Armour|Albert F. Calvert
Stel Felso Theu took the backplate of the control cabinet off, and the terrestrians looked at the control with interest.
Invaders from the Infinite|John Wood Campbell
According to the Emperors inventory, the backplate, which does not exist, bore the image of St. Barbara.
Spanish Arms and Armour|Albert F. Calvert

单词	backplate
释义	backplate [ bak-pleyt ] / ˈbækˌpleɪt / noun Building Trades. a wood or metal plate serving as a backing for a structural member. Armor. a piece of plate armor for protecting the back: worn as part of a cuirass. Origin of backplate First recorded in 1650–60; back¹ + plate¹ Words nearby backplate back passage, back-patting, back pay, back-pedal, back plastering, backplate, backpressure, back projection, backrest, Back River, back road Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for backplate That princes monogram, the Conde points out, is to be seen on the backplate gilded in relief. Spanish Arms and Armour\|Albert F. Calvert The backplate, which is only three millimetres thick, has been perforated by the bullet. Spanish Arms and Armour\|Albert F. Calvert Stel Felso Theu took the backplate of the control cabinet off, and the terrestrians looked at the control with interest. Invaders from the Infinite\|John Wood Campbell According to the Emperors inventory, the backplate, which does not exist, bore the image of St. Barbara. Spanish Arms and Armour\|Albert F. Calvert
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