HyperDic: shell_plating

English > 1 sense of the expression *shell plating*:
NOUN	artifact	shell plating	the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship

English > *shell plating*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	The plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship.
Broader	plate, scale, shell	A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)