throatplate

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noun

A plate forming the lower front of the outer firebox of a locomotive boiler, below the barrel.

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Meanings

nounthroatplate (plural throatplates)

plural throatplates

  1. A plate forming the lower front of the outer firebox of a locomotive boiler, below the barrel.

    The loco had been withdrawn from service in 1996, when cracks had been found in the throatplates of its boiler, and its power bogies had been overhauled and placed under Earl of Merioneth.

    2017, Peter Johnson, Festiniog Railway. Volume 2: From Slate Railway to Heritage Operation 1921 - 2014

Origin

From throat + plate.

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APA

throatplate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throatplate

MLA

“throatplate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throatplate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throatplate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throatplate.

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