baseplate
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.
Noun
- 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.
- 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:
Synonyms: tie plate
Origin
From base + plate.
Forms
Verb
- To fit with a baseplate.
- To provide (the vehicles within a fleet) with license plates registered as a batch in a particular state.