sideplating

English

Etymology

From side +‎ plating

Noun

sideplating (uncountable)

1. Plating along the side or edge of something.
   • 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 274:

     In some details, Britannia shows the trend towards American practice that was already apparent in later L.M.S.R. designs—for example, in regard to the mounting of the cab—and this tendency has been further developed in the footwalk with deep sideplating, mounted on the boiler, in place of the framing and splashers usual in British practice in the past.

Alternative forms

• side plating

Anagrams

• dispetaling