plating

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of plate

noun

1. (philately) An act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.
2. A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
3. A coating or defensive armour of metal plates.
   Her fragility and vulnerability lie in the fact that her framework is overlaid with a relatively thin skin of plating, an inch or so in thickness, which, while amply strong to resist the inward pressure of the water, the impact of the seas, and the tensile and compressive stresses due to the motion of the ship in a seaway, etc., is readily fractured by the blow of a collision. 1912, J. Bernard Walker, An Unsinkable Titanic, page 105
   The back plating looks vulnerable, light that sucker up! 25 September 2007, Bungie, Halo 3, v1.0, Microsoft Game Studios, [[w:Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark|Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark]]
4. The presentation of food that is ready to be served.