side plate (sid plat)

1. The longitudinal stick surmounting the posts of car-body. Builders Dieting In Baddlery, a broad leather trace-strap, which reaches back a little beyond the point at which it is connected to the breeching. E. H. Knight. side-pond (sid'pond), n. In hydraul . eng in ., a reservoir placed at one side of a canal-lock, at a higher level than the bottom, for storing a part of the water when the lock is operated. Such ponds are usually in pairs, and when used together economize a great part of the water needed to pa a boat through the lock.