fishplates in English

noun

1

a flat piece of metal used to connect adjacent rails in a railroad track.

The junior railway minister embellished the story, saying that the fishplates holding the track together had been removed.

Use "fishplates" in a sentence

1. Fishplates, bolts

2. Fishplates of metal for railway tracks

3. Fishplates are available in a flat and an angled variety.

4. The rails of light railways are usually bolted together using fishplates.

5. The angled fishplates provide better stability against kinking in the rail's longitudinal axis, i.e.

6. Securing the rails and sleepers would require the importation of 200,000 fishplates, 400,000 fishbolts, and 4.8 million steel keys.

7. The products turned out comprised rails of various weights , beams of several specifications , fishplates , rounds and flats , light angles and channels .

8. The people deal with tourism and merchandising. Jezera are known for the great fishplates in which would enjoy all the gourmets.

9. On 7 October 2010, Naxalites attempted derailment of Triveni express, a train of Singrauli-Bareilly route, by removing 4 fishplates and 42 sleeper clips.

10. Plates, plates with pushers, baffle plates and guide plates, guide rollers, guide rails, grooved rollers and track rollers, underwater rollers, bolts, fishplates, fastening elements, bucket fastenings, deflectors

11. Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails

12. Railway or tramway track construction materials of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rackrails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialised for jointing or fixing rails

13. Parts, made wholly or principally of metal, for supporting, laying, assembling, coupling, connecting, blocking, retaining and/or fastening, all for the aforesaid sections, framework, boards, slabs, partitions and linings, including hangers, rails, columns, sections, brackets, hanging brackets, wall rails, angle irons, angle brackets, fishplates, staples, clamps, clips, hooks, fastenings, fixtures, stirrups, stringers, crosspieces, lugs, connecting parts, support parts, plates, slabs, corner fittings, rods, threaded rods, threaded rod extenders