Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In seal-engraving, a plate of steel on which diamond-powder and oil are spread to prepare it for the rubbing down of the surfaces of stones before and after designs are cut on them.
  • noun In iron ship-building, a piece of plate of conventional diamond shape uniting and strengthening parts which cross each other at the same level.

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Examples

  • After considering smoked mirrors and industrial diamond-plate steel, he settled on the Copper Stratos plastic laminate from Formica's DecoMetal collection.

    Open House: Design tips from Chad Alan Designs Holly E. Thomas 2010

  • Sitting on a hard chair makes the skin on your butt look like diamond-plate.

    Out Cold 2008

  • Floor surfaces also are mixed, including tile, bamboo and diamond-plate steel.

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  • Neighbors might consider some diamond-plate shutters on the windows facing the church and amending their insurance policy by adding the clauses regarding civil unrest. regards,

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Neighbors might consider some diamond-plate shutters on the windows facing the church and amending their insurance policy by adding the clauses regarding civil unrest. regards,

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  • We didn't repeat a combination in 2009, but didn't repeat a home combination in 2006, the first year of the diamond-plate unis.

    Addicted To Quack Takimoto 2010

  • Cutting steel in our shop for an aluminum diamond-plate ramp to use on the big vault at the downtown Canton Key Bank.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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  • Cutting steel in our shop for an aluminum diamond-plate ramp to use on the big vault at the downtown Canton Key Bank.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Neighbors might consider some diamond-plate shutters on the windows facing the church and amending their insurance policy by adding the clauses regarding civil unrest. regards,

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

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