footplatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfʊt.pleɪt/us/ˈfʊt.pleɪt/the part of a steam railway engine on which the driver stands
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Railways: trains & parts of trains
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- baggage car
- bogie
- boiler
- bullet train
- choo-choo
- coach
- commuter train
- couchette
- diesel
- emergency cord
- freight car
- intercity
- maglev train
- rolling stock
- shunt
- shuttle
- sleeping car
- truck
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Examples from literature
- He gazed at the driver and his mate on the footplate.
- I put a soldier with fixed bayonet on the footplate to see that the driver held to his post and did not play tricks with the train, and started on our journey.
- Kent clambered to the footplate of the smart eight-wheeler.
- The engine was about six inches wider than the tender, and the corner of its footplate would not pass the corner of the newly overturned truck.