Definition of Plate iron

1. Noun. A plate of iron.

Specialized synonyms: Boilerplate, Sheet Iron, Stovepipe Iron, Tank Iron
Generic synonyms: Plate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plate Iron

platannas
platans
platanus
platarsite
platband
platbands
plate-gilled
plate appearance
plate appearances
plate armor
plate armour
plate boundaries
plate girder
plate iron (current term)
plate of modiolus
plate powder
plate rack
plate rail
plate reader
plate tectonic theory
plate tectonics
plateable
plateasm
plateasms
plateau
plateau iris
plateau phase
plateau pulse

Literary usage of Plate iron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1797)
"The piers, formed of hollow bodies of Iron, are attached to the bed of the river, by hollow plates, nailed to the ground by piles of plate iron, grooved, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The brackets are made of plate iron, riveted to a frame of angle iron. The axle carries two seats for gunners ; into the trail are fitted the elevating ..."

3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1860)
"r plate, in the city 2,MK) " " in towns near 2J,0"0 The production of sheet and plate iron is lar¡*elv increasing over that of 1850-7, in the current year. ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1860)
"... are particularly distinguished for steel rolling, in part from English bar iron, ind for the finer grades of sheet and plate iron. ..."

5. The Architect's and Builder's Pocket-book: A Handbook for Architects by Frank Eugene Kidder (1886)
"RIVETED PLATE-IRON GIRDERS. WHENEVER the load upon a girder or the span is too great to tuit of using an iron beam, and the use of a trussed wooden 'der is ..."

6. Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada by American Iron and Steel Association, American Iron and Steel Institute (1888)
"... plate iron (comprising boiler, tank, pipe, and flue iron) and muck bar ; annual capacity, 9000 net tons of muck bar and 11000 tons of plate iron. ..."

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