baseplate

English

Etymology

Noun

baseplate (plural baseplates)

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.
(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)

(transitive) To fit with a baseplate.
(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