Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the perpendicular plates which line the sides of the ambulacra in the Crinoidea.
- noun The longitudinal stick surmounting the posts of a car-body.
- noun In saddlery, a broad leather trace-strap, which reaches back a little beyond the point at. which it is connected to the breeching.
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Examples
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Slightly domed and perhaps the size of a large side-plate, the creature is so pale a cream as to be transparent, the sand on which it is resting clearly visible beneath.
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He took a side-plate from the cupboard and centred the sandwich upon it with a surgeon's precision.
Tomatoes 2010
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The plates are bizarre and easily the size of a side-plate from a dinner set.
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The plates are bizarre and easily the size of a side-plate from a dinner set.
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The plates are bizarre and easily the size of a side-plate from a dinner set.
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The plates are bizarre and easily the size of a side-plate from a dinner set.
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The plates are bizarre and easily the size of a side-plate from a dinner set.
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The plates are bizarre and easily the size of a side-plate from a dinner set.
Photo Journeys: Brent Stirton: Brent Stirton: Omo Valley Tribes 2008
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The plates are bizarre and easily the size of a side-plate from a dinner set.
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The plates are bizarre and easily the size of a side-plate from a dinner set.
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