PLATE (3)

Plate (?), n. 1. 1. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; — called also home base, or home plate.
2. 2. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.
3. 3. A very light steel racing horsehoe.
4. 4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake.
5. 5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
6. 6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body of which is of an inferior substance.