Footplate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Footplate \Foot"plate`\, n. (Locomotives)
     See {Footboard}
     (a) .
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  footplate
       n : the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the
           engineer stands to operate the controls