Plates

in gunnery. The prise-plates are two plates of iron on the cheeks-of a gun-carriage, from the cape square to the centre, through which the prise-bolts go, and on which the handspike rests when it poises up the breech of the piece. Breast-plates are the two plates on the face of the carriage, one on each cheek. Train-plates are the two plates on the cheeks, at the train of the carriage. Dulidge-plates are the six plates on the wheel of a gun-carriage, where the felloes are joined together, and serve to strengthen the dulidges,