FOOTPLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does footplate mean? 

• FOOTPLATE (noun)
  The noun FOOTPLATE has 1 sense:

1. the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls

  Familiarity information: FOOTPLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTPLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("footplate" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Holonyms ("footplate" is a part of...):

engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)