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  • noun Plural form of footplate.

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Examples

  • They made what they called footplates, a plate about the size of a shoe sole with a picture of Christ upon it.

    Birdseye Views of Far Lands

  • If they put in piëzo-footplates in the deck of the bridge, it could power even the whole Marina of Brisbane ....?

    Solar Footbridge Produces Excess Power 2009

  • If they put in piëzo-footplates in the deck of the bridge, it could power even the whole Marina of Brisbane ....?

    Solar Footbridge Produces Excess Power » E-Mail 2009

  • - In Italy & France where they still have those loos which are just a hole in the ground with footplates and you have to pay someone for the loo roll.

    unexpected 2008

  • I have to say that I WANTED a rigid footplate for my travel chair but the number of times we have had to take off the footplates to use stores like Animate in Tokyo or elevators like this make it the unknown but optimal choice.

    Japan Trip April 13th (Day 13): Kyoto, the Bamboo path, Temples and Kitty’s Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • I could almost see those enormous blue sneakers propped on the bright footplates of her wheelchair.

    Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

  • Also he has my least favourite “wheelchair ramp” which is two individual ramps with steel curl overs so if you have front individual footplates, as I do, they tend to get stuck or jammed.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • I have to say that I WANTED a rigid footplate for my travel chair but the number of times we have had to take off the footplates to use stores like Animate in Tokyo or elevators like this make it the unknown but optimal choice.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • Also he has my least favourite “wheelchair ramp” which is two individual ramps with steel curl overs so if you have front individual footplates, as I do, they tend to get stuck or jammed.

    Beth ends up sick AND a disability advocate in Japan Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • If necessary, new footplates are welded onto the chassis to beef up the structure of the scooter.

    Vespas Via Vietnam 2007

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