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has gloss	(noun) the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls footplate
has gloss	eng: The footplate of a steam locomotive is a large metal plate that rests on top of the frames. It is the full width of the locomotive and extends all the way from the front buffer beam to the back buffer beam. The boiler, the cab, and other superstructure elements are in turn mounted on the footplate. The footplate also forms the floor of the locomotive's cab, giving rise to the expression on the footplate for being in the cab of a steam locomotive. The part of the footplate ahead of the cab is sometimes called the running plate.
lexicalization	eng: footplate
subclass of	(noun) a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" platform

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part of	(noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
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similar	e/Footplate