Usually means: Latch securing plate on doorframe.
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  1. striking plate: Merriam-Webster
  2. striking-plate, striking plate: Wordnik
  3. striking plate: Wiktionary
  4. Striking plate: Dictionary.com
  5. striking plate: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Striking plate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (striking plate)

noun:  The plate against which the latch of a door lock strikes as the door is closed.
noun:  Part of the centering of an arch, which is driven back to loosen the centering in striking it.

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