L-plate
noun1
A plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to indicate that the driver is a learner.
2
Broadly, Informal The condition of being a novice or learner.
- He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.2005, Kathy Lette, A Stitch in Time, page 17:
- Derived terms
- L-plater, on one's L's
- Related terms
- P-plate