switch plate
noun
1 Railways (chiefly US ) (originally) either of the metal plates connected to or supporting a rail of a point, and attached at one end to the rails of the main track; (later) either of the metal plates reinforcing each tie at a point, and running under the rail brace and part of the rail itself (now chiefly historical ).
2Any of various plates on or under which a switch may be mounted; especially a flat cover for the electric wiring of an outlet box.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- controlling nozzle
- control loop
- control officer
- control pad
- control panel
- control point
- control register
- control rod
- control room
- control sequence
- control stick
- control surface
- control theory
- control tower
- control zone
- contronym
- controverse
- controversed
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