fishplate

== English == === Etymology === From fish +‎ plate. See fish (“curved wooden bar used to strengthen a ship's mast”). === Noun === fishplate (plural fishplates) (rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track. ==== Synonyms ==== joint bar ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fishplate (third-person singular simple present fishplates, present participle fishplating, simple past and past participle fishplated) (transitive, rail transport) To connect (rails) together using a fishplate. === Further reading === fishplate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === lifepaths