BACKPLATE

backplate

(noun) plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

backplate (plural backplates)

A plate protecting a fighting person's back.

(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.

A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.

A wood or metal plate that serves as a backing for an object.

(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.

Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.

Source: Wiktionary

Back"piece`, Back"plate`, n. Etym: [Back,n.or a. + piece, plate. ]

Definition: A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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