footplate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++foot·plate /ˈfʊtpleɪt/ noun [countable] British English  the place on a steam train where the driver stood 〔蒸汽机车司机站立的〕平台

Examples from the Corpus

footplate• Several deputy editors and the press had footplate rides.• Kenneth Leech spent his hundredth anniversary on the footplate of a restored engine from his beloved Great Western Railway.• He ran the company as if he had suddenly and unexpectedly found himself on the footplate of a runaway engine.• But what Kenneth really wanted was to be where the action is, on the footplate.

foot·plate nounChineseSyllable  

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footplate
foot‧plate /ˈfʊtpleɪt/ noun [countable] British English
the place on a steam train where the driver stood

foot·plateBrE /ˈfʊtpleɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfʊtpleɪt/ 🔊 noun (BrE) the part of a steam train's engine where the driver stands （蒸汽机车司机站立的）平台