Definitions for fishplate

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fishplate fish·plate

Spelling: [fish-pleyt]

IPA: /ˈfɪʃˌpleɪt/

Fishplate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 676 anagrams from letters in fishplate (aefhilpst).

Definitions for fishplate

noun

1. a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
2. Railroads Now Rare. a joint bar.

Origin of fishplate

1850-55; fish, alteration of French fiche fastening, derivative of ficher to fasten, fix (see fichu) + plate¹

Examples for fishplate

The fishplate instead of the frog, and the steel rail in place of the good old snakehead!