footplate

[ foo t-pleyt ]
/ ˈfʊtˌpleɪt /

noun

Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
a platform or special floor area on which workers stand to operate a machine.

Origin of footplate

First recorded in 1840–50; foot + plate1

Words nearby footplate

footmen's gallery, footnote, footpace, footpad, footpath, footplate, footprint, footprints on the sands of time, footrace, footrest, footrope

Example sentences from the Web for footplate

  • But again the corner of the footplate jammed with the corner of the truck, and again we came to a jarring halt.

    London to Ladysmith via Pretoria |Winston Spencer Churchill

  • When he slid back to the footplate his legs were wet to the mid shin.

    The Grafters |Francis Lynde

  • He could not help thinking how excellent a thing it would be to come home after a grimy run on the footplate.

    Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City |S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

  • He caught at the rail, mounted the footplate, and swung himself into the cab.

    Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout |Robert Leighton

British Dictionary definitions for footplate

footplate
/ (ˈfʊtˌpleɪt) /

noun

mainly British
  1. a platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the crew stand to operate the controls
  2. (as modifier)a footplate man

Medical definitions for footplate

footplate
[ fut′plāt′ ]

n.

base of stapes
pedicel