plat : Idioms & Phrases

• noun specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
  armour plate; plate armor; plate armour; armor plate.
  

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• adjective satellite covered with heavy steel
  armour-clad; armour-plated; armor-plated; armor-clad.
  
  • armor-plated vehicles

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Ar"mor-plat`ed adjective

Definitions

1. Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.

   This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite covered with heavy steel
  armour-clad; armour-plated; armor-plated; armor-clad.
  
  • armor-plated vehicles

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• adjective satellite covered with bony plates
  

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• (Naut.), plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are secured.

Webster 1913

• noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
  plating.
  

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• (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to reënforce other rigging.

Webster 1913

• the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.

Webster 1913

• noun the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
  

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• adjective satellite covered with heavy steel
  armour-clad; armour-plated; armor-plated; armor-clad.
  
  • armor-plated vehicles

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• a strip formed by plaiting straws, used for making hats, bonnets, etc.

Webster 1913

• noun the application of a protective layer of tin
  tinning.
  

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Wall"-plat` noun

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913