fishplate

fishplate
/fish"playt'/, n.
1. a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
2. Railroads Now Rare. a joint bar.
[1850-55; fish, alter. of F fiche fastening, deriv. of ficher to fasten, fix (see FICHU) + PLATE1]

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