baffle plate (baflplat)

A metal plate used to direct the flames and gas of a furnace to different parts of a steam-boiler, so that all portions of it will be evenly heated; a deflector. baffler (baf'ler), n. 1. One who or that which baffles. Experience, that great baffler of speculation. Government of Tongue. IMG:content-1551.png:[blocks in formation]