L-plate

English

A British, Irish, Indian, Malaysian or Singaporean L-plate

Noun

L-plate (plural L-plates)

1. 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. (by extension, informal) The condition of being a novice or learner.
   • 2005, Kathy Lette, A Stitch in Time, page 17:

     He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.

Derived terms

• L-plater
• on one's L's

Translations

sticker

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: L牌 (L pái)

See also

• P-plate

Anagrams

• laplet, pallet, platel