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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Footplate \Foot"plate`\, n. (Locomotives)
   See Footboard
   (a) .
       [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

footplate
    n 1: the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the
         engineer stands to operate the controls