Usually means: Metal strip connecting rigging, hull.
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  1. chainplate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. chainplate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chainplate: Wiktionary
  4. Chainplate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. chainplate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chainplate)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.

Similar:
channel plate, deckplate, chainbolt, placket, shroud, chestplate, chain, shearpole, shinplate, breastplate, more...

Opposite:
unfastened, unchained, unsecured

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Similar:
channel plate, deckplate, chainbolt, placket, shroud, chestplate, chain, shearpole, shinplate, breastplate, more...

Opposite:
unfastened, unchained, unsecured



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