Usually means: Base for controlling locomotive operations.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. footplate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. footplate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. footplate: Vocabulary.com
  4. Footplate, footplate: Wordnik
  5. footplate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. footplate: Wiktionary
  7. footplate: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. footplate: Dictionary.com
  9. Footplate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Footplate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. footplate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. footplate: Rhymezone
  13. Footplate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. footplate: FreeDictionary.org
  15. footplate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. footplate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. footplate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. footplate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. footplate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. footplate: Medical dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Footplate: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (footplate)

noun:  (rail transport) The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the boiler and the driver's cab, particularly in the United Kingdom.
noun:  The engineer's cab in any kind of train.
noun:  (anatomy) The flat portion at the base of the stapes; pedicel.
noun:  The part of a roller skate that attaches to the boot.
noun:  (construction) A timber in a wood frame that distributes a concentrated load.
noun:  (auto parts) A platform on which the driver's foot rests but which, unlike a pedal, has no effect.
verb:  (rail transport) To travel (or work) on the footplate of a locomotive.

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