CHAIN PLATE Definition & Meaning

chain plate

noun

Nautical.

any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of chain plate¹

First recorded in 1685–95

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The bowman got hold of a chain plate, and I scrambled into the main-chains and so got over the rail, bidding the men shove off and lie clear of the brig, whose rolling was somewhat heavy, owing to her floating like an egg-shell upon the long Pacific heave.

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