bedplate

English

Etymology

From bed +‎ plate.

Noun

bedplate (plural bedplates)

(engineering) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bedplate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)