turnplate

English

Etymology

turn +‎ plate

Noun

turnplate (plural turnplates)

1. (rail transport) A turntable (rotating platform for turning vehicles).
   • 1839, Peter Lecount, chapter 14, in The History of the Railway Connecting London and Birmingham‎^[1], Simpkin, Marshall, and Company:

     In the Birmingham station the large turnplate in the locomotive engine house is completed, and the necessary rails fitting it for the reception of engines will he laid in a few days.

References

• “turnplate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.