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plating

[ pley-ting ]

noun

  1. a thin coating of gold, silver, etc.
  2. an external layer of metal plates.
  3. the act of a person or thing that plates.


plating

/ ˈpleɪtɪŋ /

noun

  1. a coating or layer of material, esp metal
  2. a layer or covering of metal plates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plating1

First recorded in 1535–45; plat(e) 1 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

Beautiful plating is crucial, and some chefs take it to the next level by presenting their food on all sorts of unusual things, like bricks, flat caps, or trowels, Spence says.

Armor plating from a scrapped warship was assembled, to a thickness of more than 40 feet.

The great iron plating which supported the machinery had kept it together, and in one piece.

The heavy ship's plating was carried right up to the boat deck, and between the C and B decks was doubled.

The following methods of plating iron with nickel and silver appeared in a recent issue of a German paper.

They were struck repeatedly, but the balls fell harmlessly against the iron plating.

Her plating was but pine wood to the steel projectiles, flying with almost the swiftness of a minnie bullet.

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