"fishplate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fishplates [plural]
Etymology: fish + plate. See fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fish|plate}} fish + plate, {{m|en|fish||curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast}} fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishplate (plural fishplates)
  1. (rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: joint bar Translations (metal bar): eclissa [feminine] (Catalan), brida [feminine] (Catalan), éclisse [feminine] (French), Lasche [feminine] (German), pelat sambung (Indonesian), ganascia [feminine] (Italian), eclissa [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-fishplate-en-noun-fw7cp7fO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 43 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Verb

Forms: fishplates [present, singular, third-person], fishplating [participle, present], fishplated [participle, past], fishplated [past]
Etymology: fish + plate. See fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fish|plate}} fish + plate, {{m|en|fish||curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast}} fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fishplate (third-person singular simple present fishplates, present participle fishplating, simple past and past participle fishplated)
  1. (transitive, rail transport) To connect (rails) together using a fishplate. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-fishplate-en-verb-mbJT7xAl Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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