Meaning & use
fishplate
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A flat metal plate bolted across the joint between two rails to hold them together in a railway track.
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Workers replaced a cracked fishplate along the aging section of track.
Vibration from passing trains had loosened several fishplate bolts.
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A standard term in railway engineering; the name comes from its shape, thought to resemble a fish, rather than any connection to actual fish.
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splice plate
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