RIDER PLATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A horizontal beam (or plate) connected to the top of a ship's vertical keel or to the keelson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rider plate" is a kind of...):

beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)

Holonyms ("rider plate" is a part of...):

hull (the frame or body of ship)

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