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wall plate
noun
- Also called raising plate. Building Trades. a horizontal member built into or laid along the top of a wall to support and distribute the pressure from joists, rafters, etc.
- Machinery. a vertical metal plate secured against a wall, as to attach a bracket.
- Mining. one of the longer members of a set. Compare end plate.
wall plate
noun
- a horizontal timber member placed along the top of a wall to support the ends of joists, rafters, etc, and distribute the load
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wall plate1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences
Originally determined by the slat of wood which strengthened the wall-plate at the point of its perforation by the trunnels.
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The continuous fillet which crowns the epistyle, representative of the wall-plate of the original timbered Doric construction.
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Then went to a brass wall plate beside the outer door, inserted the key, and turned.
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Catherine stirred and moaned, and I stopped long enough to take the key out of the wall plate.
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Roof′let, a small roof or covering; Roof′-plate, a wall-plate which receives the lower ends of the rafters of a roof.
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