baseplate
verbEtymology From base + plate.
1
To fit with a baseplate.
2
US To provide (the vehicles within a fleet) with license plates registered as a batch in a particular state.
baseplate
nounEtymology From base + plate.
1
A solid piece of material that has enough strength and sturdiness to serve as the surface to which other things are attached to be supported.
2
Rail transport, Railways, Transport Synonym of tie plate.
- Baseplates are inserted between rail and sleeper to measure the dynamic loads which are being imposed; […].1964 July, “Prince Philip opens the new BR Research Laboratories at Derby”, in Modern Railways, page 24: