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[fish-pleyt]

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noun

a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.

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Origin:
1850–55; fish, alteration of French fiche fastening, derivative of ficher to fasten, fix (see fichu) + plate¹

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fishplate (ˈfɪʃˌpleɪt)

—n
	a flat piece of metal joining one rail, stanchion, or beam to another

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