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Definition of Backplate
1. Noun. Plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass.
Group relationships: Cuirass
Definition of Backplate
1. Noun. A plate protecting a fighting person's back. ¹
2. Noun. A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backplate
Literary usage of Backplate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"In both the filagree of the backplate is interesting, for it shows how the scale
of Gothic ornamentation can be reduced to a delicacy which is purely ..."
2. Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos by Herbert Eustis Winlock (1921)
"The breastplate has a slight median ridge, while the backplate is embossed to
fit the ... Metal shoulder straps hinged to the backplate connect it to the ..."
3. Recreative Science: A Record and Remembrancer of Intellectual Observation (1860)
"The drawing represents the carapace, or large backplate, of a crab, covered with
oysters ... This armour, or at least the backplate, was thinner than usual, ..."
4. Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare by Bashford Dean (1920)
"The backplate accompanying the foregoing defense (Figs. ... American model,
pressed in single piece backplate like the breastplate is designed to suit ..."
5. Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the by Albert Frederick Calvert (1907)
"On the backplate, О MATER MEI MEMEM ; on the left rondel, the angelic salutation
in old Flemish. ..."
6. The Art of the Wallace Collection: Including an Account of Its Founders, a by Henry Charles Shelley (1913)
"The armory does not include any specimens of that type of body-armour, but the
breastplate, either separately or in conjunction with its companion backplate ..."
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