(construction) A piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist. / A plate mounted to a wall as a housing.

(Australia, auto) A sale of cars from the previous year.

plural of veiled plate

(photography) Synonym of fogged plate

plural of process plate

(historical) A plate prepared by a mechanical process, especially a photomechanical process.

plural of selling plate

A horse race after which the winning horse is auctioned off.

(photography) A plate whose film retains its sensitivity only while wet. The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated with bromides and iodides. Before exposure the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed.

plural of wet plate