Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishplate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fish-plate
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.

verb

To connect (rails) together using a fishplate.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates."
"One section of the line will consist of 60 ft. lengths of rail welded together on site to form fully continuous rails; another will be of 300 ft. lengths, flash butt-welded in Dinsdale Rail Welding Depot and fishplated together on site; [...]."

Etymology

From fish + plate. See fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”).

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

fishplates (plural) fishplates (present, singular) fishplating (participle, present) fishplated (participle, past) fishplated (past)

Synonyms

joint bar

Questions

What does fishplate mean?: A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.
Where does fishplate come from?: From fish + plate. See fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”).

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