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Backplate

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as backpiece.
  • noun. A plate of cast-iron bolted against the back or outer edge of molding-boxes, for the purpose of preventing the liquid metal from forcing the sand outward and escaping from the mold: also applied to the plate used on the back of the wind-box of the Bessemer converter.
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  • noun. A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
  • noun. A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
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  • noun. plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
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