turnplate
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
turnplate (plural turnplates)
- (rail transport) A turntable (rotating platform for turning vehicles).
- 1839, Peter Lecount, chapter 14, in The History of the Railway Connecting London and Birmingham[1], Simpkin, Marshall, and Company:
- In the Birmingham station the large turnplate in the locomotive engine house is completed, and the necessary rails fitting it for the reception of engines will he laid in a few days.
References edit
- “turnplate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.