baseplate

English

Etymology

From base +‎ plate.

Noun

baseplate (plural baseplates)

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) Synonym of tie plate
   • 1964 July, “Prince Philip opens the new BR Research Laboratories at Derby”, in Modern Railways, page 24:

     Baseplates are inserted between rail and sleeper to measure the dynamic loads which are being imposed; […] .

Verb

baseplate (third-person singular simple present baseplates, present participle baseplating, simple past and past participle baseplated)

1. (transitive) To fit with a baseplate.
2. (transitive, US, logistics) To provide (the vehicles within a fleet) with license plates registered as a batch in a particular state.

References

• “baseplate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• pasteable