Brunel's shield comprised 12 connected frames, protected on the top and sides by heavy plates called staves.

Like other crocodyliforms, Simosuchus was covered in bony plates called osteoderms.

Reinforcing plates called poleyns began to supplement mail armour in the 13th century.

Like other doswelliids, it is heavily armored with many rows of bony plates called osteoderms covering its body.

Maharashtrian meals (mainly lunch and dinner) are served on a plate called thali.

There is a series of spined, lateral plates called scutes.

This allows them to be snapped into a mounting plate with correspondingly-sized rectangular holes, called ports.

Timing chains on automotive engines, for example, typically have multiple rows of plates called strands.

The back and underside are covered with ordered rows of bony plates called osteoderms.

He was the engraver of a plate called Accademia de' Pittori a large print lengthways.