HyperDic: footplate

English > 1 sense of the word footplate:
NOUNartifactfootplatethe platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
English > footplate: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningThe platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls.
Part oflocomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotiveA wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
RegionUnited Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great BritainA monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
BroaderplatformA raised horizontal surface
Spanishplataforma
Catalanplataforma

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